the Patients Journey Through Surgical Admission Ward Versus Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01733511

Enrollment

109

Registered

2012-11-27

Start date

2011-02-28

Completion date

2012-01-31

Last updated

2012-11-27

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Conditions

Waiting Time in Emergency Department

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* age more than 15 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
time in minutes	up to 24 hours after admission	the time in minutes from the patient is admitted until the patient is seen by a doctor and until a treatment plan is recorded

Outcome results