Development of the PriCARE classification for potentially preventable ambulance emergency department visits

Conditions

Canadian Classification of Health Interventions conducted in Ontario emergency departments, as reported in the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System database on patients with non-emergent acuities. Not Applicable

Ryan P. Strum, Walter Tavares, Andrew Worster, Lauren E. Griffith, Andrew P. Costa

CMAJ Open2023-01-013 citations

10.9778/cmajo.20220062

Emergency department interventions that could be conducted in subacute care settings for patients with nonemergent conditions transported by paramedics: a modified Delphi study

Ryan P. Strum, Walter Tavares, Andrew Worster, Lauren E. Griffith, Andrew P. Costa

CMAJ Open2022-01-0110 citations

10.9778/cmajo.20210148

Development of the PriCARE classification for potentially preventable emergency department visits by ambulance: a RAND/UCLA modified Delphi study protocol

Ryan P. Strum, Walter Tavares, Andrew Worster, Lauren E. Griffith, Ahmad Rahim et al. (6 authors)

BMJ Open2021-01-0110 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045351

Interventions

This study will use a RAND/UCLA modified Delphi methodology to assess the consensus of a technical expert committee through a two-phase development and evaluation model. Phase one will determine which

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Experienced physicians with extensive knowledge in emergency medicine or primary care 2. Active healthcare physician who, at the time of the study, is involved in the care of patients in an emergency department and/or primary care centre

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-physician clinicians 2. Physicians not practicing in an emergency or primary care context 3. Physicians not practicing in Canada.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. The consensus of the technical expert committee of ED interventions in phase one 2. The consensus of the technical expert committee of a PriCARE classification in phase two	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Analysis of the PriCARE classification that achieves concordance amongst the technical expert committee, analyzed in the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System ED database from years 2014-2018 for associations of patient-level characteristics with a PriCARE classification, in phase two	—

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed