A Randomised Control Trial of a Transitional Care Model in Singapore General Hospital
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 840
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Readmission rate
研究概览
简要总结
To find out if a transitional care model can reduce the rate of unscheduled readmission to the Department of Internal Medicine (DIM) in SGH
详细描述
Hospital with high readmission rate is view as having lower quality of care High readmission rate is view as wasteful healthcare spending
Primary Aim:
To find out if a transitional care model can reduce the rate of unscheduled readmission to the Department of Internal Medicine (DIM) in SGH A readmission episode is defined as an episode of readmission to any tertiary hospital within 30 days after index discharge from SGH
Secondary Aim:
To find out if a transitional care model can reduce the number of visits to the emergency department in SGH To find out the quality of our transitional care model by using a care transition measure (CTM-15)
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Readmission rate
时间窗: 30 days after index discharge
A readmission episode is defined as an episode of readmission to any tertiary hospital within 30 days after index discharge from SGH Readmission rate is calculated by dividing the total number of admission by the total number of patients
次要结局
- Readmission rate(up to 180 days after index discharge)
- Specialist Outpatient Clinic visits(Up to 180 days after index discharge)
- Quality of transitional care using a validated care transition measure (CTM-15) tool(90 days after index discharge)
- Emergency department attendance rate(Up to 180 days after index discharge)
- Time to first readmission(Up to 90 days after index discharge)