NCT01092234

Effectiveness of an Observational Unit at St. Olavs Hospital

An Open Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of an Observational Unit at St. Olavs Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The trial is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly established Observational unit at St. Olavs Hospital in terms of readmission rates, compared to the provision of care in normal/traditional units for defined diagnosis and medical problems.

Detailed description

Observational units are thought to be more efficient than traditional ward units, but the evidence is scarce. The trial will in a randomized fashion evaluate the study hypothesis at an organizational level and not confined to specific diagnosis. The hypothesis to be tested is to confirm or reject the equal effectiveness of an Observational unit compared to a traditional ward for organizing in-hospital care.There are established eligibility and exclusion criteria based on clinical experience. Endpoint is length of stay and readmission within 30 days. In addition the study will give information on the use of diagnostic and treatment resources used and collect some basic demographic variables.

Conditions

• Emergency Patients

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Traditional ward	provision of care in a traditional unit/ward.
OTHER	Organizational change	Observational unit (new organizational unit) for organizing in-hospital care

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-03-01
• First posted: 2010-03-24
• Last updated: 2017-10-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway