Percentage of Clients Requiring Emergency Dental Care Treated Within Recommended Time

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
Australia
Publishing Organisation
Victorian Agency for Health Information (VAHI): Victorian Health Services Performance
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

The percentage of clients requiring emergency dental care treated within recommended time for Triage category 1, 2 and 3.

Numerator

The number of clients requiring emergency dental care treated within recommended time for Triage category 1, 2 and 3.

Denominator

The number of clients requiring emergency dental care in Triage category 1, 2 and 3.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Victorian Ambulance Data Set (VADS)

Frequency of Data Collection
Quarterly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
91
Reporting Methods

Victoria Health Services Performance Ambulance Services dashboard

Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025