Home-based Acute Care for Older Persons Initiated by the Emergency Medical and Ambulance Services - a Retrospective Observation of Effects on Healthcare Utilisation and Mortality
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Conditions studied: Aged, Home Care, Hospital-Based, Home Care Services, Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre, Emergency Medical Services, Ambulances, Emergency Service, Hospital, Acute Disease, Mortality, Treatment Outcome
In brief
This observational study aims to examine outcomes of home-based acute care delivered by a mobile healthcare team in persons aged 75 years and older following an episode of acute illness. The study will assess whether home-based acute care initiated by the emergency medical dispatch centre or ambulance services is non-inferior to emergency department care with regard to care needs and mortality.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07472335
- Run by
- Vastra Gotaland Region
- People needed
- 5000
- Starts
- 2026-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-16
Who can join
Age: 75 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Contact with the emergency number (112), followed by either a telephone assessment by the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre or an in-home assessment by an ambulance nurse
- Home-based acute care a weekday between 8 AM - 4 PM
- Emergency-department care weeknight 4 PM - 8 AM or weekends
- Registered residence in one of the municipalities of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Partille, or Härryda
You may not qualify if…
- Immediate conditions requiring hospital care
- Care at the emergency department or by a mobile primary care team occurring more than 24 hours after assessment by the Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre or ambulance services
- Individuals who have already been assessed by a physician and/or have a written referral to the emergency department
Where it is running
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital — Gothenburg, Sweden
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