Nurse vs General Practitioner Care for Patients Requesting Same Day Consultations in Primary Care

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of nursing care in relation to usual medical care in adult patients who demand to be visited the same day in Primary Care Teams in Catalonia, as it is suggested in other countries.

Conditions

• Acute Disease
• Nursing Care
• Ambulatory Care
• Family Practice

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Nurse practitioner care of patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Carlos III Health Institute

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Ministry of Health

  collaborator AMBIG

• Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

  collaborator OTHER

• Catalan Institute of Health

  lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

• Begoña Iglesias, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Maria Teresa Grifell, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

• Josep Maria Vidal, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Sandra Pons, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Josep Casajuana, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Rosa Aragonès, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Mireia Fàbregas, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Neus Esgueva, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

• Anna Calvet, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Maria Teresa Duran, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

• Cristina Gallardo, Pysician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Maria Assumpció Jiménez, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

• Francisca Ramos, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Pere Joan Cortés, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Maria José Garcia, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Amparo Romaguera, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Soledad Romea, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Hèlia Cebrián, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

• Jeannine Hernández, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Ramon Morera, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Manel Ferran, Physician · Catalan Institute of Health

• Isabel Rosich, Farmacy · Catalan Institute of Health

• Maria Carmen Sanchez, Nurse · Catalan Institute of Health

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

15 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-01-31