[WWW - 2021.12.16]
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier
QH 020110
Version
1
Metadata Item Type
Information Asset
Metadata Set Type
Data Collection
Approval Status
Current
01-Jun-1996 
Superseded
03-Jun-2019 
Approval Type
Documented
Approving Authority
-
Effective From
01-Jun-1996
Effective To
30-Jun-2019
Description
-
Short Name
ESDC
Strategic Alignment Attributes
Actual or potential statewide coverage
-
Absence would cause significant impact on QH business
-
Supports enterprise-wide decision making
-
Supports enterprise-wide reporting requirements
-
Supports the strategic directions of QH
-
Strategic Asset Indicator
-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use
-
Purpose
To collect elective surgery waiting list data to allow reporting to support service improvement, performance management and surgical planning.

The collection contains information on patients who have been registered on an elective surgery waiting list, permitting the reporting of patients waiting at a census date, and patients removed from the waiting list.
Scope
Queensland Elective Surgery Reporting Hospitals.
Coverage
QLD
Content
Included are all patients placed on a waiting list for elective surgery, as identified by a treating clinician, who are given an urgency of 1, 2 or 3 and are registered on the HBCIS Elective Admissions Management (EAM) module at any of the Queensland Elective Surgery Reporting Hospitals.
Sites Implemented
Data is collected from the HBCIS EAM module in designated hospitals. The following are the current Queensland Elective Surgery Reporting Hospitals:
 
Atherton Hospital
Beaudesert Hospital
Bundaberg Hospital
Caboolture Hospital
Cairns Hospital
Caloundra Hospital
Emerald Hospital
Gladstone Hospital
Gold Coast University Hospital
Gympie Hospital
Hervey Bay Hospital
Innisfail Hospital
Ipswich Hospital
Kingaroy Hospital
Lady Cilento Children's Hospital
Logan Hospital
Mackay Base Hospital
Maryborough Hospital
Mater Adult  Hospital
Mater Mothers' Hospital
Mount Isa Hospital
Nambour Hospital
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital
Redcliffe Hospital
Redland Hospital
Robina Hospital
Rockhampton Base Hospital
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital
The Townsville Hospital
Toowoomba Hospital
Published Outputs
Elective surgery data is published regularly through the Queensland Health Hospital Performance website and through national publications and websites.
Frequency of Updates
Data collected nightly and reported routinely on a monthly basis.
Information Security Classification
IN-CONFIDENCE
Accessibility
Elective surgery data is accessed through the Queensland Health Enterprise Reporting Service (QHERS) and through the Decision Support System (DSS). Access to elective surgery data can be requested through the Hospital Access Analysis Team in the Clinical Access and Redesign Unit by emailing HAAT@health.qld.gov.au.

Data published online are in the public domain.
Access Constraints
-
Use Constraints
-
Methodology
Data is entered into the HBCIS EAM module at each reporting hospital. Each night, information is extracted from EAM and electronically transferred to SATR, a Department of Health central data repository.
Statistical Unit
-
Reporting Requirements
Hospital and Health Services use the data in the collection to manage elective surgery waiting lists and monitor activity and performance. The Department of Health uses the data in the collection to monitor elective surgery activity and performance, and to conduct analysis to support service improvement, planning and purchasing strategies. Commonwealth reporting requirements for elective surgery National Minimum Data Sets are identified by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The data from the collection is reported on the Queensland Health Hospital Performance website to provide transparency of activity and performance to the public.
Frequency of Reporting Requirements
-
Comments
-
Relational Attributes
Included Data Elements and Performance Indicators

Otherrelational

  • 1 - 25
ViewMetadata Item TypeNameAscendingIdentifier & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective fromEffective to
Data ElementCensus dateQH 040352 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-199630-Jun-2014
Data ElementCountry of birthQH 040161 Version 2MandatorySuperseded01-Jun-199630-Jun-2001
Data ElementCountry of birthQH 040161 Version 4MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200430-Jun-2009
Data ElementCountry of birthQH 040161 Version 3MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200130-Jun-2004
Data ElementDate not ready for careQH 040354 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-199830-Jun-2005
Data ElementDate of birthQH 040163 Version 2MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200430-Jun-2009
Data ElementDate of birth-clientQH 040163 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jun-199630-Jun-2004
Data ElementDate of change of waiting list detailsQH 040358 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-199830-Jun-2014
Data ElementElective care waiting list episode-listing date for careQH 040359 Version 3MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201430-Jun-2016
Data ElementElective procedure waiting list episode-clinical urgency assessment category reassignment dateQH 041720 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2016
Data ElementElective procedure waiting list episode-clinical urgency assessment category reassignment dateQH 041720 Version 2ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Derived Data ElementElective surgery specialtyQH 040095 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-199730-Jun-2006
Derived Data ElementElective surgery specialtyQH 040095 Version 2MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200630-Jun-2014
Data Element ConceptElective surgery waiting list episodeQH 041716 Version 1Current01-Mar-200530-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-clinical urgency assessment categoryQH 040087 Version 2MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2015
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-clinical urgency assessment categoryQH 040087 Version 3MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201530-Jun-2016
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-clinical urgency assessment categoryQH 040087 Version 4MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-date placed on waiting listQH 042273 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-not ready for surgery end dateQH 042287 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-not ready for surgery start dateQH 042271 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Derived Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-number of days not ready for surgeryQH 042318 Version 1MandatoryDraft01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-patient listing status, readiness for careQH 041721 Version 1MandatorySuperseded30-Sep-201230-Jun-2016
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-patient listing status, readiness for surgeryQH 041721 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201630-Jun-2019
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-planned procedureQH 040096 Version 2MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2015
Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-planned procedure dateQH 040597 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-199930-Jun-2019
Data Quality Declaration
-
Source and Reference Attributes
Source Systems
-
Source Organisation
-
Source Document
-
Keywords

Admission; Elective surgery