Waiting Time in Emergency Department Clinical Trial
Emergency departments are established in 20 hospitals in Denmark in order to improve the
quality for the acute patients.
A group of acute patients which require timely assessment and plan from a specialist is
patients with abdominal pain.
the aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the admission of the group of patients
to emergency departments reduces the time to doctor, specialist and plan compared to the
traditional admission to a surgical acute ward.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 109 |
Est. completion date | January 2012 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2011 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 15 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - age more than 15 years Exclusion Criteria: |
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Country | Name | City | State |
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n/a |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Southern Denmark |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | time in minutes | the time in minutes from the patient is admitted until the patient is seen by a doctor and until a treatment plan is recorded | up to 24 hours after admission | No |