Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01219868
Physician-nurse Team to Reduce Emergency Department (ED) Overcrowding
Impact of Physician-nurse Team on ED Length of Stay
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 8,000 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The objective of this study is to explore the impact of a physician-nurse team supervising patient's flow on ED length of stay
Detailed description
A physician-nurse team will be in charge of patients flow in the ED during intervention periods. During control periods, no team will be present. The impact of this team on Ed length of stay will be assessed.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Physician-nurse team supervision | Physician-nurse team will supervise patient's flow in the ED |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-01-01
- Completion
- 2011-03-01
- First posted
- 2010-10-13
- Last updated
- 2013-03-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Switzerland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01219868. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.