N/A
N=6,543
Reducing Veterans Hospitalizations From Community Living Centers
Quality Improvement
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04195880 ↗Enrolled (actual)
6,543
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
May 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Hospital Admissions Per Person Year Alive Measured at the Facility Month Level — 5.5; 5.8 hospitalizations per person year alive — p=<.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Primary completion
- Dec 2017
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Hospital Admissions Per Person Year Alive Measured at the Facility Month Level |
5.5; 5.8 | <.05 sig |
| SECONDARY Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations |
.3; .2 | — |
Summary
The goal of the project was to implement and evaluate the intervention, Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT) in VHA CLCs, which is designed to improve the care of Veterans using CLCs who experience acute changes in their condition and at the same time reduce their rate of hospitalization.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Veterans in experimental and control CLCs during 18 months during which the INTERAC intervention was implemented.
Exclusion Criteria
- Veterans not in participating CLCs
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04195880). 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.