the Patients Journey Through Surgical Admission Ward Versus Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Waiting Time in Emergency Department

• Registration Number: NCT01733511
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark

Brief Summary

Emergency departments are established in 20 hospitals in Denmark in order to improve the quality for the acute patients.

A group of acute patients which require timely assessment and plan from a specialist is patients with abdominal pain.

the aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the admission of the group of patients to emergency departments reduces the time to doctor, specialist and plan compared to the traditional admission to a surgical acute ward.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2012-01
• Status Verified: 2012-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-11-20
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 109

Inclusion Criteria

• age more than 15 years

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
time in minutes	up to 24 hours after admission	the time in minutes from the patient is admitted until the patient is seen by a doctor and until a treatment plan is recorded