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The (Cost-)Effectiveness of Physician Assistants Working at the Primary Out of Hours Emergency Service

NCT02417181 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10161

Last updated 2016-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to explore the effect of substituting General Practitioners (GPs) by Physician Assistants (PAs) in out-of-hours primary care. Effects are measured in terms of the implication for the care model, quality of care delivered by PAs in comparison to GPs; the complaints treated by PAs in comparison to GPs; safety, efficiency and patient satisfaction. Lastly, this study will provide insight in the changes in costs of healthcare.

Conditions

  • Primary Healthcare
  • Out-of-hours Medical Care

Interventions

OTHER

Care provided by Physician Assistants

Patients will receive care at the out-of-hours primary care service by a Physician Assistant instead of a General Practitioner (substitution of care from physicians to nurses).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Stichting Kwaliteit en Ontwikkeling Huisartsenzorg

    collaborator OTHER

  • GP Cooperative Emmen (CHD Emmen)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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