All acute health complaints
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Routine data: Patients with acute symptoms in acute and emergency medicine in the Aachen region
Group 2: Routine data: Patients with acute symptoms in acute and emergency medicine throughout
employees in emergency rooms, KV emergency services and in the Aachen region rescue service.
Sponsors
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Consent to participation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Structure of trans-sectoral urgent patient pathways, quantified via process mining of linked routine data to identify and analyse pathway variants and sectoral transitions (data collection period: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence and distribution of patient pathway variants from routine data. Concordance between data-derived and self-reported patient pathways. Frequency and features of inefficient/avoidable service use. Proportion and patterns of pain-related pathways. Reported barriers to access and coordination from surveys. Demographic and clinical characteristics for stratified analyses. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactMiriam Hertwig
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
Outcome results
None listed