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Number of inpatients waiting longer than the standard

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Number of patients who were waiting more than 15 months throughout the year, or more than 12 months at end of March 2003, for an inpatient admission.

Data Source
KH07 quarterly waiting times return & monthly waiting list/times returns.

Data Year
2002/03

Construction

This indicator is a composite indicator monitoring the number of patients waiting more than 15 months throughout the year, and the number of patients waiting more than 12 months at the end of March 2003, for an inpatient or daycase admission.

The indicator value will be a sum of the number of patients still waiting longer than 15 months at the end of each the first 11 months of 2002/03 plus the number of patients who were still waiting longer than 12 months at the end of March 2003.



 
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