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Effectiveness of an Observational Unit at St. Olavs Hospital

NCT01092234 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2017-10-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The trial is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly established Observational unit at St. Olavs Hospital in terms of readmission rates, compared to the provision of care in normal/traditional units for defined diagnosis and medical problems.

Conditions

  • Emergency Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Traditional ward

provision of care in a traditional unit/ward.

OTHER

Organizational change

Observational unit (new organizational unit) for organizing in-hospital care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erik Rødevand, MD · St. Olavs Hospital

  • Siv Mørkved, Professor · St. Olavs Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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