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Differentiated Access to Out-of-hours Primary Care Through Emergency Access

NCT02572115 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7385

Last updated 2017-12-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to test the use of an emergency button that allows patients to jump the telephone waiting line at the out-of-hours primary care in two regions in Denmark if they perceive their illness as acute and severe.

Conditions

  • After-hours Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Akutknappen - used

A caller chooses to bypass the telephone waiting line by pressing the emergency access button

BEHAVIORAL

Akutknappen - not used

A caller chooses NOT to bypass the telephone waiting line.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emergency Medical Services, Capital Region, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • TrygFonden, Denmark

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bo Christensen, MD, PhD · Section for General Practice, University of Aarhus

  • Morten B Christensen, MD, PhD · Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus

  • Linda Huibers, MD, PhD · Research Unit for General Practice, University of Aarhus

  • Freddy Lippert, MD · Prehospital Unit, Capital Region of Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-04
Primary Completion
2017-12-01
Completion
2017-12-01

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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