The comparability of emergency department waiting time performance data

Considine, Julie; Shaban, Ramon Z; Gerdtz, Marie F; Crellin, Dianne

doi:10.5694/mja12.11460

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To the Editor: In their recent article on emergency department (ED) waiting time performance data, Greene and Hall1 proposed that “assigning patients to a less urgent triage category than is appropriate” is a possible explanation for observed variations in waiting time performance.

Julie Considine¹
Ramon Z Shaban²
Marie F Gerdtz³^,⁴
Dianne Crellin³^,⁵

1 Deakin University–Northern Health Clinical Partnership, Melbourne, VIC.
2 Griffith Health Institute Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Logan City, QLD.
3 Melbourne School of Health Sciences (Nursing), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
4 Emergency Department, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC.
5 Emergency Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: julie.considine@deakin.edu.au

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