Time-to-inpatient-bed - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

Emergency department wait time for inpatient bed

Alternate Name

Time to inpatient bed

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

This indicator measures the time interval between the Disposition Date/Time (as determined by the main service provider) and the Date/Time Patient Left Emergency Department (ED) for admission to an inpatient bed or operating room.

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Timely

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Hours

Calculation Methods

The indicator is measured in hours using the 90th percentile, which represents the maximum length of time that 90% of patients admitted from the ED wait for an inpatient bed or an operating room.

Unit of analysis: Single ED visit

All emergency visits

Inclusions:

Admitted unscheduled emergency visits
ED visits with a valid and known Disposition Date/Time and a valid and known date/time the patient left the ED

Exclusions:

Scheduled emergency visits
Non-admitted unscheduled emergency visits
Visits with unknown/invalid Disposition Date/Time OR unknown/invalid date/time the patient left the ED

Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

N/A

Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

N/A

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized

None

Data Source

National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Summary

This is a mandatory QIP indicator for 2020/21. Current performance reporting period: October - December 2019. To access your organization’s data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2020. Alternatively, these data can be accessed by registered users via Cancer Care Ontario’s iPort™ Access.