Percentage of Patient Transfers Within 40 Minutes
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 patient transfers occurring within 40 minutes from when an ambulance arrives at an emergency department to the time the patient is transferred to the hospital and handover is complete.
Numerator
Number of patient transfers occurring within 40 minutes from when an ambulance arrives at an emergency department to the time the patient is transferred to the hospital and handover is complete.
Denominator
Number of patient transfers from ambulance to emergency department
Exclusions
Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) presentations and non-emergency patient transports have been excluded.
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Victorian Agency for Health Information
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Victoria State Government Department of Health - Health. Vic reporting dashboard
Reporting Frequency
Annually - financial year
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
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
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Date Modified 02 December 2025