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临床试验/ACTRN12619001620112
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A program to improve care for acutely unwell residents of Aged Care Facilities reduces hospital transfers and admissions: a large-scale, stepped wedge cluster trial evaluation of the Aged Care Emergency (ACE) program

Hunter New England Local Health District0 个研究点目标入组 7,253 人开始时间: 2019年11月22日最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
未知
状态
已完成
入组人数
7,253

研究概览

简要总结

There were 18837 patients presenting to the ED from RACFs. 64% were female with an average age of 87 years. 92% arrived via ambulance and 45% were admitted to hospital. The incident rate ratio of RACF admissions per month was 0.79 meaning that residents were 21% less likely to be admitted to hospial. 7 day ED reporesentations dropped from 5.7% to 4.9% and 30 day readmissions was similar at 12% in the control period and 10% in the intervention period.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Non-randomised trial
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Open (masking not used)

入排标准

年龄范围
75 Years 至 o limit(—)
性别
All

入选标准

  • •All residents living in RACFs enrolled in ACE program

排除标准

  • •Patients not living in Residential Aged Care Facilities

研究者

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