Cost-Effectiveness Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Brief Intervention to Improve Cost-effective Resource Use Among Medicine Housestaff
Verified date | February 2011 |
Source | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Interventional |
OBJECTIVE: To test a brief intervention designed to improve the cost-effectiveness of care
provided by medicine housestaff for hospitalized patients.
HYPOTHESIS: A brief intervention in which medicine residents receive itemized bills for
recent patients cared for by them, followed by a discussion on approaches to reducing
unnecessary inpatient costs, can result in significant cost reductions without adversely
affecting patient outcomes.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 96 |
Est. completion date | February 2011 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2010 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | |
Gender | Both |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Internal Medicine Residents on Inpatient Rotations at Brigham & Women's Hospital Exclusion Criteria: - Having a team member who was in either the control group or intervention group in a prior round of this study. |
Allocation: Randomized
Country | Name | City | State |
---|---|---|---|
United States | Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
---|---|
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Partners Center of Expertise in Quality and Patient Safety |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
---|---|---|---|---|
Primary | Total Cost | Total hospital cost per admission for 2 weeks following the educational intervention. | 2 weeks following educational intervention | No |
Primary | Lab Cost | Total lab cost per admission for 2 weeks following the educational intervention. | 2 weeks following educational intervention | No |
Primary | Pharmacy Cost | Total pharmacy cost per admission for 2 weeks following the educational intervention. | 2 weeks following educational intervention | No |
Primary | Radiology Cost | Total radiology cost per admission for 2 weeks following the educational intervention. | 2 weeks following educational intervention | No |
Secondary | length of stay | 2 weeks after educational intervention | No | |
Secondary | admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) | 2 weeks after educational intervention | Yes | |
Secondary | 30-day readmission | within 30 days after end of study period | Yes | |
Secondary | 30-day mortality | within 30 days after end of study period | Yes |
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