Patients 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

Percentage of patients treated within recommended time based on triage category.

Numerator

Number of people treated in recommended time period for triage category

Denominator

Number of people treated in each triage category

Exclusions

Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) presentations have been excluded from the calculation of all emergency indicators. Excludes those who left at their own risk without treatment, those who left after clinical advice, or those who were deceased

Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

Triage category 1 (requires treatment immediately), Triage category 2 (requires treatment within 10 minutes), Triage category 3 (requires treatment within 30 minutes), Triage category 4 (requires treatment within 1 hour), Triage category 5 (requires treatment within 2 hours).

Collection and Reporting Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods

Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD)

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
No

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