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The (Cost-)Effectiveness of Nurse Practitioners Working at the Primary Out of Hours Emergency Service

NCT01388374 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12092

Last updated 2015-04-22

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Summary

The aim of this study is to explore whether the implementation of Nurse Practitioners can lead to a more accessible and efficient patient care at the primary out of hours service.

The primary objectives of the proposed study are:

1. What are the effects of the implementation of NPs on the primary out of hours service in comparison with the current out of hours service? Effects in terms of accessibility, objective and subjective workload of general practitioners, quality of care and patient satisfaction.
2. How efficient is the implementation of NPs in the primary out of hours services?
3. What is the feasibility of the implementation of NPs in the out of hours services? And under which conditions?
4. What are the barriers and facilitating factors considering the implementation of NPs?

Conditions

  • Out of Hours Medical Care
  • Primary Health Care

Interventions

OTHER

Other, care provided by Nurse Practitioners

Patients will receive care at the Primary Out of Hours Emergency Service by a Nurse Practitioner instead of a General Practitioner (substitution of care from physicians to nurses).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M.G.H. Laurant, Dr. · IQ healthcare, UMC St Radboud

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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