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This is the number of PATIENTS that have been waiting for a time within a DIAGNOSTICS REPORTING TIME BAND for the particular test or investigation.

This is derived from the SERVICE REQUEST DATE of the SERVICE REQUEST to the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE or the APPOINTMENT DATE of the last missed APPOINTMENT (if reset due to missed or cancelled APPOINTMENT where ATTENDED OR DID NOT ATTEND are codes 2 Appointment cancelled by, or on behalf of, the PATIENT, 3 Did not attend - no advance warning given or 7 PATIENT arrived late and could not be seen) to the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.

For pathology diagnostic tests, the total waiting time is measured from the SERVICE REQUEST DATE to the INVESTIGATION RESULT DATE. For other diagnostic test waiting times, it is measured from the SERVICE REQUEST DATE to the Clinical Intervention Date of the CLINICAL INTERVENTION.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PATIENTS WAITING FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS