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Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) - Evaluation of a Novel Approach to Address Emergency Department Overcrowding

NCT00497393 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6217

Last updated 2008-09-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will introduce a Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) into the University of Alberta Hospital Emergency Department(ED)and assess the influence on ED length of stay, patients who leave without being seen, and other ED Overcrowding outcomes.

Conditions

  • Acute Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Clinical Decision Unit

a dedicated 2-bed area to see patients and then rotate them back into the waiting room area for labs and diagnostic imaging.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Capital Health, Canada

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Bullard, MD · University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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