Trial Outcomes & Findings for Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding (NCT NCT07532564)

NCT ID: NCT07532564

Last Updated: 2026-06-17

Results Overview

Time between admission order placement and ED departure. Only patients admitted to services that routinely take primary care responsibility for boarding patients in the ED will be classified as boarders

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Target enrollment

30486 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

During enrollment hospital encounter, up to 300 days

Results posted on

2026-06-17

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Patients Hospitalized From the ED to Boarding Services
Adult patients admitted to floor level services that directly manage patients in the ED (medicine, family medicine, neurology)
Overall Study
STARTED
30486
Overall Study
COMPLETED
30486
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Patients Hospitalized From the ED to Boarding Services
n=18526 Participants
Adult patients admitted to floor level services that directly manage patients in the ED (medicine, family medicine, neurology)
Age, Continuous
58 years
n=9 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
9323 Participants
n=9 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
9203 Participants
n=9 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black
12216 Participants
n=9 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White
5293 Participants
n=9 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Asian
239 Participants
n=9 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Other
778 Participants
n=9 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
18526 Participants
n=9 Participants
Commercial Payor
2682 Participants
n=9 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: During enrollment hospital encounter, up to 300 days

Time between admission order placement and ED departure. Only patients admitted to services that routinely take primary care responsibility for boarding patients in the ED will be classified as boarders

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Patients Hospitalized From the ED to Boarding Services
n=18526 Participants
Adult patients admitted to floor level services that directly manage patients in the ED (medicine, family medicine, neurology)
Boarding Time
24.4 Hours
Standard Deviation 20

Adverse Events

Patients Hospitalized From the ED to Boarding Services

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Daniel Gingold, Principal Investigator

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine

Phone: 667-214-2177

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place