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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

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALPhysician-nurse team supervisionPhysician-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.