Discharge Planning for Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: Use of a Brief Phone Call After Discharge to Improve Medication Utilization and Physician Follow-up

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Patient Discharge

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that the acquisition and correct utilization of medications as well as arranging and attending follow-up appointments will improve as a result of a phone call intervention 1-3 days after elderly patients are discharged from the emergency department (ED).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01207180

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

157

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-11-18

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 65 or over
• Discharged from the UNC emergency department

You may not qualify if…

• In the hospital at the time of phone call follow-up
• Neither the patient nor their responsible party are able to pass a standardized test to assess cognitive function

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina Emergency Department — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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