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Experimental Prospective Study on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Implementation of Clinical Pathways

NCT00519038 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 424

Last updated 2007-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of clinical pathways improves the quality of the hospital care of decompensated heart failure patients.

Conditions

  • Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

OTHER

Clinical Pathways

Clinical pathways are a methodology for the mutual decision making and organization of care for a well-defined group of patients during a well-defined period with the aim to enhance the quality of care by improving patient outcomes, promoting patient safety, increasing patient satisfaction, and optimizing the use of resources. They are also developed by multi-professional teams

OTHER

Usual Care

Usual care is the current practice actually performed in the hospital

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria delle Marche

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Andrea Gardini, MD · Agenzia Regionale Sanitaria delle Marche

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-03-31
Completion
2006-12-31

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