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Randomized Evaluation of Default Access to Palliative Services

NCT02505035 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34239

Last updated 2020-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a large pragmatic, randomized controlled trial to test the real-world effectiveness of inpatient palliative care consultative services in improving a number of patient- and family-centered processes and outcomes of care among seriously ill hospitalized patients. The investigators hypothesize that improved patient-centered outcomes can be achieved without higher costs by simply changing the default option for inpatient palliative care consultation for eligible patients from an opt-in to an opt-out system. To test this hypothesis the investigators will conduct a clinical trial at 11 hospitals using the same electronic health record within Ascension Health, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Default ordering of palliative consult

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Scott D Halpern, PhD,MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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