Physician-nurse Team to Reduce Emergency Department (ED) Overcrowding

Impact of Physician-nurse Team on ED Length of Stay

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01219868

Enrollment

8000

Registered

2010-10-13

Start date

2010-10-31

Completion date

2011-03-31

Last updated

2013-03-20

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Conditions

Triage

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to explore the impact of a physician-nurse team supervising patient's flow on ED length of stay

Detailed description

A physician-nurse team will be in charge of patients flow in the ED during intervention periods. During control periods, no team will be present. The impact of this team on Ed length of stay will be assessed.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPhysician-nurse team supervision

Physician-nurse team will supervise patient's flow in the ED

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all adult patients \> 16 years presenting to the ED

Exclusion criteria

* no

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
ED length of stay	3 months

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026