Transfer to Another Health Care Facility Following Critical Illness

Completed

Conditions studied: Transfer to a Health Care Facility After Critical Illness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify acute and chronic medical conditions that are identifiable early in the course of critical illness that are associated with transfer to another health care facility (versus to home) upon hospital discharge.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00484445

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

548

Starts

2003-01-01

Expected to finish

2003-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Admission to the University of Chicago Medical Intensive Care Unit during the following periods: July 1997 to February 1998, November/December 2001, and March/April 2002.

You may not qualify if…

• Death during the index hospitalization.
• Residence in another health care facility 2 weeks prior to admission.

Where it is running

• University of Chicago Hospitals — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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