Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of direct triage and transportation to minor injuries units (MIUs) by ambulance crews

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Not Applicable; Emergency medicine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN21222541
• Lead Sponsor: HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

2004 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14734396

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2001-09-01
• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 834

Inclusion Criteria

Fit certain medical priority dispatch system (MPDS) codes during operational hours

Exclusion Criteria

1. Outside operating hours
2. Children

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Added 12/01/10:<br> 1. AS job time (999 call to ??job finished?? time)<br> 2. Time to treatment (arrival at unit to time seen by doctor)<br> 3. Total time in unit (arrival at unit to time left unit)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Added 12/01/10:<br> Patient reported satisfaction:<br> 1. Ambulance care<br> 2. Satisfaction with outcome of treatment<br> 3. overall quality of care<br>