Effetiveness of an new model of shared telephonic patient referral between primary health care and hospital health care.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: INTERNAL MEDICINE DISEASES; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Inflammatory and Immune System - Other inflammatory or immune system disorders; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001536358
• Lead Sponsor: IS MIGUEL AZOGIL LÓPEZ

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-01-12
• Study Start: 2017-11-06
• Last Update Posted: 3 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 154

Inclusion Criteria

Every patient who needed to be referred to Internal Medicine Hospital Consultation according to the Geeral Practitioners´decision.
General Practitioners from the north area of Huelva (Spain) who agreed to participate in the trial.

Exclusion Criteria

Whenever the General Practitioner considered that a patient would not get significant benefit from the telephone referral.
Patients who refused to participate in the study
General Practitioners who refused to participate in the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in waiting list time (number of days) from primary health care to internal consultation, assessed by review of medical records available at Diraya (institutional medical record system)[Baseline (first visit to the General Practitioner) and first visit to Internal Medicine Consultation]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient´s acceptance of this new model of referral, which was assessed asking them about their reasons to abandon the trial. <br>Only 9 patients refused to participate in the trial because they preferred the traditional referral way.[Baseline (first visit to the General Practitioner consultation)];Doctors´ acceptance of this new model of referral, which was assessed asking them about their reasons to abandon the trial. <br>Only 8 doctors refused to participate in the trial because they thought this way would involve more dedication to each patient.[Baseline (first visit to General Practitioner consultation)]