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Discharge Planning for Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: Use of a Brief Phone Call After Discharge to Improve Medication Utilization and Physician Follow-up

NCT01207180 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 157

Last updated 2011-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that the acquisition and correct utilization of medications as well as arranging and attending follow-up appointments will improve as a result of a phone call intervention 1-3 days after elderly patients are discharged from the emergency department (ED).

Conditions

  • Patient Discharge

Interventions

OTHER

Phone call follow-up

A nurse will call the patient to counsel patients on their medications and following up with their primary care provider.

OTHER

Satisfaction survey

Patients will be given a satisfaction survey.

OTHER

Control group --- no intervention

Control group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Duke Endowment

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin J Biese, MD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-11-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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