N/A
N=749
Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge
All
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00252057 ↗Enrolled (actual)
749
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Apr 2009
Primary outcome: Primary: Total Number of Rehospitalizations (Emergency Department Visits Plus Hospital Admissions) in the 30 Days After Discharge. — 116; 166 Total number of rehospitalizations
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Boston University
- Primary completion
- Oct 2007
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Total Number of Rehospitalizations (Emergency Department Visits Plus Hospital Admissions) in the 30 Days After Discharge. |
116; 166 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the "Re-Engineered Discharge" will decrease rehospitalization rates and adverse events of patients leaving Boston Medical Center.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
The Project Director will meet with the subject to determine if the patient meets inclusion or exclusion criteria.
Inclusion criteria include are patients who:
- are over 18 years old;
- are to be discharged to a community, non-institutionalized setting;
- report that they desire to be hospitalized in the future if there is a clinical need; and
- are admitted to Firm B of the BMC Inpatient Service.
Exclusion Criteria
- admitted to non-general Medical services at BMC (e.g., orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, general surgery, or psychiatry);
- requiring hospice, nursing home or other institutional settings upon discharge,
- who die during the admission,
- subjects who speak languages other than English;
- those who indicate that they have no access to a telephone or unable to give a contact telephone number; and
- those not competent to sign informed consent.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00252057). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.