Rooms outpatient consult
What is an outpatient consultation room¶
An outpatient consultation room is a clinical space where patients meet healthcare professionals for assessments, advice, diagnosis, follow-up care, and treatment planning without being admitted to hospital.
Capacity outputs¶
- FIRST_OP_CONSULT_ROOMS
- FOLLOW_UP_OP_CONSULT_ROOMS
Conversion archetype¶
- appointment utilisation — FRM_APPOINTMENT_UTIL
Operational constraint¶
- Schedulable clinic consultation time
Activity classification logic¶
Outpatient face-to-face consultations sub-divided by first and follow-up.
| Subgroup | Classification IDs |
|---|---|
| first attendance | CLASS_OP_ATTEND, CLASS_OP_FACE_TO_FACE, CLASS_OP_FIRST |
| follow-up attendance | CLASS_OP_ATTEND, CLASS_OP_FACE_TO_FACE, CLASS_OP_FOLLOW_UP |
Workload derivation¶
Primary workload object: consultation hours
\[\text{effective consult time minutes} = \text{consult time minutes} + (\text{DNA rate} \times \text{DNA time minutes})\]
\[\text{consultation hours} = \frac{\text{attendances} \times \text{effective consult time minutes}} {60}\]
Capacity conversion¶
\[\text{required op consultation rooms} = \frac{\text{consultation hours}} {\text{annual operational hours} \times \text{utilisation}}\]
Assumptions¶
| Subgroup | Assumption | Category | Assumption ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| first attendance | consult time | workload | OP_CONSULT_FIRST_TIME |
| first attendance | DNA rate | workload | OP_CONSULT_FIRST_DNA_RATE |
| first attendance | DNA time | workload | OP_CONSULT_FIRST_DNA_TIME |
| follow-up attendance | consult time | workload | OP_CONSULT_FOLLOW_UP_TIME |
| follow-up attendance | DNA rate | workload | OP_CONSULT_FOLLOW_UP_DNA_RATE |
| follow-up attendance | DNA time | workload | OP_CONSULT_FOLLOW_UP_DNA_TIME |
| all groups | utilisation | operational | OP_CONSULT_UTIL |
| all groups | annual operational hours | operational | OP_CONSULT_ANNUAL_OPERATIONAL_HOURS |
Known issues / limitations¶
- Consultation durations are represented using subgroup-level averages and may not reflect variation between specialties.
Dependencies¶
- No dependencies.
Future enhancements¶
- Explore specialty-specific consultation times and DNA assumptions.