South Australia’s Strategic Plan is comprised of 100 targets. These targets are specific and measurable and enable us to measure our progress towards achieving the Plan’s visions and goals.
Each target is reported on through this section of the website. Data is analysed and uploaded as it becomes available.
Target:
84. Health service standard:By 2013, 90% of patients presenting to a public hospital emergency department will be seen, treated, and either discharged or admitted to hospital within four hours
Key Measure
Target History
The inclusion of this target responds to a recommendation of the Community Engagement Board.
SA Health has strategies in place to increase services in the community, but monitoring data for these services would provide only very specific operational information around particular services.
Current Emergency Department waiting time measures and targets as reported to the Commonwealth Government will be used to measure this target.
Previous Target Progress
This is a new target.
