Emergency Care Not Applicable Emergency Care
Conditions
Interventions
Emergency care practitioner schemes intended to provide alternative care for patients in emergency and unscheduled care settings, versus care as usual.
Sponsors
NHS Service Delivery and Organisation Research and Development programme (UK)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients who are eligible to be seen by an ECP and present to the appropriate service with a clinical condition that the ECP either actually manages or would manage if there was an ECP available will be included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who are not eligible to be attended by an ECP.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient outcomes: 1. Experiences and satisfaction 2. Patient health status 3. Quality and safety of care Workforce outcomes: 1. Impact of the ECP roles on self and others | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Effect of ECPs on overall performances of local service, strategic impact and economic evaluation 2. Consolidation of research methodologies for evaluating role substitution in health care, costs and system level impact | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed