N/A
N=346
Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit
Model of Care for Hospitalized Older Adults
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00927160 ↗Enrolled (actual)
346
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Aug 2013
Primary outcome: Primary: Length of Hospital Stay — 4.6; 6.8 days
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- —
- Age
- Older Adult · 75+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Primary completion
- Jun 2012
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Length of Hospital Stay |
4.6; 6.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Rehospitalization Rate |
15.4; 22.4 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a new model of care, the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Unit is beneficial in improving patient outcomes for elderly patients admitted to the hospital.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- All patients admitted to general medical service either to Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit or to general medicine 75 years or older.
- Patients or surrogates must be reachable by the phone.
- Patient must have a Sinai affiliated physician who is identified by patient or surrogate to be primary care provider
Exclusion Criteria
- The patient is less than 75 years old.
- The patient was admitted to specialty services including cardiology-telemetry unit, intensive care, surgery, Respiratory Care Unit (RCU).
- The patient was previously admitted to an outside hospital and now transferred to Mount Sinai for further care.
- The patient cannot be contacted by telephone.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00927160). 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.