NCT06846879

Evaluation of the Quality of Care in the Emergency Department by Studying the Appropriateness of Hospitalizations

Evaluation of the Quality of Care in the Emergency Department by Studying the Appropriateness of Hospitalizations: Validation of an Algorithm Based on Computerized Hospital Databases

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 240,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to develop, study and validate a rigorous and sustainable method for assessing the clinical appropriateness of the decision taken in the Emergency Department to admit or not to admit patients.

Detailed description

The information normally recorded in the Emergency Department medical record will be used, as well as the available clinical and administrative databases. For reasons of feasibility, the investigators will also restrict the analysis to patients coming to the Emergency Department with non-specific manifestations in the pulmonary, cardiovascular and abdominal districts, represented by one or more of the following symptoms: dyspnoea, chest pain, transient loss of consciousness, abdominal pain.

Conditions

• Quality of Care
• Evaluation
• Emergency Department
• Appropriateness

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-09-01
• Primary completion: 2026-06-01
• Completion: 2027-06-01
• First posted: 2025-02-26
• Last updated: 2025-08-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy