90th-percentile-EDLOS-admitted - Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

INDICATOR NAME

Name

90th percentile emergency department length of stay for admitted patients (Retired)

Alternate Name

90th percentile emergency department length of stay for admitted patients (Retired)

INDICATOR DESCRIPTION

Description

ED length of stay is deﬁned as the time from triage or registration, whichever comes ﬁrst, to the time the patient leaves the ED to a hospital bed. Measured in hours. The 90th percentile is the maximum length of time in which 9 of 10 patients have completed their ED visit. Exclusion: non-admitted patients Note: This indicator definition is consistent with the Hospital Service Accountability Agreement Performance Measure.

Indicator Status

Retired

HQO Reporting tool/product

Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs)

Dimension

Timely

Type

Process

DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION

Unit of Measurement

Hours

Calculation Methods

The 90th percentile is the maximum length of time in which 9 of 10 patients have completed their ED visit.

Numerator including inclusion/exclusion

Time (in hours) from triage or registration, whichever comes first, to the time the patient leaves the ED to a hospital bed.

Exclusions:

Non-admitted patients

Denominator including inclusion/exclusion

Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- detailed

None

Data Source

National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS)

Data provided to HQO by

Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Comments Detailed

This is a QIP priority indicator for 2016/17 and retired for 2017/18. QIP current performance reporting period: January - December Note: This indicator definition is consistent with the Hospital Service Accountability Agreement Performance Measure. For more information about this indicator, visit the Ministry’s Resource for Indicator Standards website or the Ministry’s wait times website. How to access data To access your organization’s data for the reporting period, refer to Health Quality Ontario’s QIP Navigator. Data will be available in February 2016. Alternatively, these data can be gathered by going to iPort Access.