Information type | Variable | Variable type | Details |
---|---|---|---|
Temporal information | Arrival date and Time | Temporal | To the nearest minute. From 2006 to present day |
Presentation information | Facility | Categorical | One of 18 Hospitals spread over QLD (including a children’s hospital) |
Triage category | Categorical (Ordered) | Rating of urgency on presentation: 1,2,3,4,5 (1 requires resuscitation down to 5 being non-urgent) | |
Departure Status | Categorical | Discharged, Admitted, Did Not Wait, Transferred, Died in ED, Left Against Advice, Dead On Arrival | |
ICD-10 Code | Categorical | A coding of diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances and external causes of injury or diseases; 5000 unique codes present in data set [19] | |
Demographic Information | Age | Continuous | Age in years |
Sex | Categorical |