Length of Admission Clinical Trial
In Demark acutely admitted patients are supposed to stay in the Emergency Department (ED)
bed ward if the anticipated duration of stay is less than 48 hours.
However, it is not a trivial matter to estimate duration of stay for emergency patients. a
number of factors affect this, eg. social background, disease, hospital organisation.
The aim of this study is to analyse whom are the best among the health staff to predict the
length of stay: ED nurses, admitting doctors og the specialist, and to analyse if a number
of variables can be used to improve the prediction.
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 730 |
| Est. completion date | October 2013 |
| Est. primary completion date | September 2013 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | Both |
| Age group | 15 Years and older |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: all patients admitted to the Emergency Department - Exclusion Criteria: Children less than 15 years patients transferred from other hospitals |
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | Aabenraa Sygehus Emergency Department | Aabenraa |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of Southern Denmark |
Denmark,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | length of admission in hours | participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 76 hours | admission to discharge | No |