Reduction in Morbidity Rate for Urinary Tract Infections Through Use of PCR-Based Diagnosis and Management
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Pathnostics
- 入组人数
- 66,381
- 主要终点
- ER Visits and or Hospital Admission Rate within 30 days of initial visit related to UTI
研究概览
简要总结
This retrospective study is to determine if the use of PCR for detection and identification of pathogens in UTI along with antimicrobial susceptibility information, affords more efficacious treatment of UTI, as compared to traditional urine culture for patients served by House Call Physicians.
详细描述
The objective of this study is to determine if retrospective data will show that use of PCR for detection and identification of pathogens in UTI, and antimicrobial susceptibility information, affords more efficacious treatment of UTI, thereby reducing UTI-related morbidity and costs in a patient population that is served by House Call Physicians. House call physicians attend elderly and other adults patients who are suffering from illness or chronic conditions in the safety, privacy, and comfort of their home or assisted living location. In making house calls, physicians ease the burden and difficulty of these chronic patients from traveling to the doctor's office.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 111 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All patients that the House Call Physician suspects the patient has a UTI and are tagged with the following codes within the medical record
排除标准
- •Records where the NPI does not match a known provider or the office listed is not a Specific Population
- •Hospice patients
- •Records for which DX codes of "X" and "NoDx" where there isn't a diagnostic description.
结局指标
主要结局
ER Visits and or Hospital Admission Rate within 30 days of initial visit related to UTI
时间窗: 18 Months
Examine retrospective data of a House Call Patient population to determine if use of PCR, compared with conventional urine culture, leads to a reduction in UTI-related morbidity, as measured by the composite variable number of emergency room/urgent care clinic visits plus the number of admissions to hospital within 30 days of an initial presentation for UTI.
次要结局
- Examine retrospective data to determine if use of PCR, compared with conventional urine culture, leads to a reduction in UTI-related morbidity.(18 Months)