An observational study of general surgery models in Australia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency general surgery model; Surgery - Other surgery; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001169134
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Ned Kinnear

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-04-19
• Study Start: 2019-08-20
• Last Update Posted: 16 February 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 119

Inclusion Criteria

Eligible centres were Australian public hospitals offering elective general surgery, medium (>2,000 patient separations per-annum) or greater peer group, who offered an emergency general surgery service.

Exclusion Criteria

Centres were excluded if they were located outside Australia, private hospitals, did not offer both elective and emergency general surgery services or declined to participate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of Australian medium- to large-sized hospitals using each emergency general surgery model.<br>This outcome will be assessed by inviting surgical staff at all such hospitals to complete a questionnaire, and reporting the proportion of hospitals utilising each model.[This data will be collected once only for each hospital. Surgical staff will be invited to complete the questionnaire in March-April 2019. There is no baseline time, as hospitals may have changed to the Acute Surgical Unit model (or another model) many years prior. This study is intended as a snapshot of current practice.]