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Acute Combined Care for Seniors in Southern Denmark

NCT02422849 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 131

Last updated 2016-02-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

the elderly population (+ 65 years) is increasing. Acute medical conditions often leads to hospital admissions in this age group. However hospital admission is linked to adverse events. like confusion, medication errors or new infections.

the ACCESS project aims to examine alternatives to acute admissions for senior medical patients.

the aims are:

1. How many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by their own General Practitioner (GP) versus a hospital intern specialist ?
2. how many patients will be admitted to hospital due to acute medical conditions if cared for by acute team in their home versus in specialised care centres ?

Conditions

  • Acute Medical Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

hospital specialist

OTHER

General Practitioner

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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