Comparative Effectiveness of Direct Admission & Admission Through Emergency Departments for Children
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Conditions studied: Hospitalization, Child Health
In brief
At a national level, emergency departments (EDs) serve as the portal of hospital admission for 75% of hospitalized children. The remainder occur via direct admission, defined as admission to hospital without first receiving care in the hospital's ED. The overall goals of this research are to: (i) implement pediatric direct admission systems at 3 hospitals, (ii) compare the timeliness of healthcare delivery for children who are admitted directly and through emergency departments, (iii) determine which patient populations achieve the greatest benefits from direct admission, and (iv) identify barriers and facilitators of successful implementation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04192799
- Run by
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- People needed
- 1997
- Starts
- 2020-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2023-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-10-21
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Child has one of the following presenting diagnoses:
- gastroenteritis
- dehydration
- skin and soft tissue infection
- urinary tract infection/pyelonephritis
- pneumonia
- viral infection not otherwise specified
- influenza
You may not qualify if…
- Ineligible children include those:
- with planned admissions (i.e., chemotherapy)
- admitted to non-pediatric hospital medicine services (i.e., intensive care)
- transferred from other hospitals
Where it is running
- Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States
- UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Providence Regional Medical Center - Everett — Everett, Washington, United States
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