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Cost-Minimization Analysis After a Targeted Intervention for EGD and Colonoscopy

NCT02328001 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 969

Last updated 2017-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study performs a single intervention of informing endoscopists how much the disposable accessories cost following each procedure. Following this single and simple intervention, prospective analysis of EGD and colonoscopy accessory use and pathology specimen costs will be compared to the same resource costs during a control period where endoscopists are blinded to their observation.

Conditions

  • Primary Focus of the Study is Cost-minimization Analysis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Debriefing endoscopists of the procedure accessory costs

Informing endoscopists of the number of accessories used and the dollar value of the accessories

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sindhu R Kaitha, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Tierney, MD · University of Oklahoma

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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