Qualitative Analysis of Hospital Executives, Physician Administrators, and Hospital Legal Counsels' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care

End of Life Care Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Analysis of Hospital Executives, Physician Administrators, and Hospital Legal Counsels� Perceptions of End-of-Life Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00760201
• Other study ID #: 9360
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 25, 2008
• Last updated: April 18, 2011
• Start date: August 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2011
• Source: VA Office of Research and Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Interviewing hospital executives, physician administrators and hospital legal counsel who work in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital) about their perceptions concerning current and future end-of-life care provided in their facilities

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: August 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Informant is a hospital executive, physician administrator or hospital legal counsel in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital) and is able to communicate perceptions verbally through use of English language. All participants will likely be nonveterans

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• End of Life Care

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Central Arkansas VHS Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Ctr, Little Rock	No. Little Rock	Arkansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
VA Office of Research and Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceptions of hospital executive, physician administrator or hospital legal counsel in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital)		One year	No