National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Patients who waited more than 365 days for elective surgery 2011-12
Indicator Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Progress measure |
Short name: | Patients who waited more than 365 days for elective surgery 2011-12 |
METEOR identifier: | 527371 |
Registration status: | National Health Performance Authority (retired), Superseded 28/05/2014 |
Description: | The percentage of people who received their elective surgery and waited longer than one year (365 days) for their surgery. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | The percentage of people who received their elective surgery and waited longer than one year (365 days) for their surgery. |
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Computation: | 100 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator) Waiting times are calculated for patients whose reason for removal was:
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Numerator: | Number of patients who received their elective surgery at the hospital and waited longer than one year (365 days) for their surgery. |
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Denominator: | Number of patients who received their elective surgery in the period |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Percentage |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Person |
Format: | N[N.N] |
Indicator conceptual framework | |
Framework and dimensions: | PAF-Effectiveness of access PAF-Equity of access |
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Other issues caveats: | Waiting time is calculated by states and territories by subtracting the listing date for care from the removal date, minus any days the patient was not ready for care and/or waiting with a less urgent clinical urgency category than their clinical urgency category at removal. The calculation of waiting time excludes:
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