Care for older persons on the emergency department: does a transitional geriatric care model (URGENT care model) prevent unplanned emergency department readmissions?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Geriatric care modelsNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN91449949
- Lead Sponsor
- Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Brief Summary
1. 2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326860 2. 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31390994 (added 09/08/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1654
Inclusion Criteria
1. Dutch-speaking
2. Community-dwelling patients aged 70 years or older
3. Patients admitted to the emergency department were included if their medical condition allowed being interviewed
Exclusion Criteria
Patients, transferred from other wards, other hospitals or care facilities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method