The impact of the Victorian Virutal Emergency Department on the use of healthcare for children and their families

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Paediatric Healthcare; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000497606
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 22 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1142

Inclusion Criteria

Participants need to meet the following criteria to be included in the study:
- Point of contact to NOC must be a parent/guardian of a child aged 0-18 years old
- Currently located in Victoria at the time of call
- Patients presenting with non-life-threatening conditions AND are deemed by NOC protocols as requiring ED review.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded from this study:
•Patients who present to NOC with life-threatening conditions (ie. altered conscious state, severe work of breathing)
•Currently located outside of Victoria
•Children or young people who present to NOC without a parent/caregiver.
•Primary complaint relating to pregnancy, suicide or drug/alcohol misuse

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Number and proportion of participating patients (0-18 years) presenting to physical ED or being admitted to hospital in the 7 days post randomisation[Data will be collected from the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset and the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset, patient presentations within 7 days of contacting NOC will be recorded as they occur.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cost of implementing the VVED model based on workforce requirements as provided by the VVED investigator team [4 months after trial start];Direct hospital costs associated with the VVED referral approach compared to traditional physical ED referral approach. This will be sourced via the CVDL data linkage[7 days after randomisation];Costs to families, estimated based on time implications observed for families along with estimates of average distance travelled if applicable. This will be sourced via the CVDL data linkage and patient postcode [7 days after randomisation ]