Cases
For the purposes of this report, patients are referred to as cases. This is because a patient may be on an elective surgery waiting list for more than one procedure. For example, if a patient is on a waiting list twice, for two different procedures, this will be counted as two cases.
Category 1
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 30 days.
Category 2
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 90 days.
Category 3
Procedures that are clinically indicated within 365 days.
Median
This refers to 50% of the elective surgery waiting times found at or below this value. Caution should be exercised when interpreting results for small data sets.
Specialty
Specialty refers to
"The area of clinical expertise held by the doctor who will perform the elective surgery". (Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Elective surgery waiting list episode - surgical specialty definition (http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/269607)). For Bariatric surgery, these cases are identified by the wait listed procedure rather than the clinician specialty.
Source
WA Elective Surgery Wait List Data Collection, Information and System Performance Directorate, Department of Health WA.
Data extracted 2 Apr 2024