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Registration number
ACTRN12610000402044
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
17/05/2010
Date registered
19/05/2010
Date last updated
19/05/2010
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Effect of Nurse-run Walk-in Clinic on Emergency Department workload
Scientific title
Emergency Department patient workload following introduction of Nurse-run Walk-in Clinic in a Tertiary Hospital
Secondary ID [1] 251785 0
None
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Emergency Department presentations 257382 0
Condition category
Condition code
Public Health 257530 257530 0 0
Health service research

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Walk in Clinic opening on hospital campus May 2010: Nurse run service seeing and treating self referred ambulatory patients independentt of other hospital services. Effects will be observed over 12 months
Intervention code [1] 256486 0
Not applicable
Comparator / control treatment
Changes in Emergency Department workload following the opening of the new Walk-in Clinic. Comparison of 12 months data with previous 5 years (Jan 2005-May 2010). The walk-in clinic is a new free service, one aim of which is to reduce demand on the Emergency Department. At this time there are no planned changes to the Emergency Department itself.
Control group
Historical

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 258443 0
Emergency Medicine presentations: number, triage, outcome, time of presentation, referral source and disposition based on hospital electronic records (multiple different systems)
Timepoint [1] 258443 0
6 and 12 months post new clinic opening
Secondary outcome [1] 264230 0
Emergency Medicine Outcomes/Disposition/Diagnosis using hospital databases and electronic records
Timepoint [1] 264230 0
6 and 12 months post new clinic opening

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Present to Emergency Department
Minimum age
0 Years
Maximum age
110 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Nil

Study design
Purpose
Natural history
Duration
Longitudinal
Selection
Defined population
Timing
Both
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
18/05/2010
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
60000
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 256977 0
University
Name [1] 256977 0
Australian National University
Country [1] 256977 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
Hospital
Name
The Canberra Hospital
Address
Yamba Dr
Garran ACT 2605
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 256237 0
None
Name [1] 256237 0
Address [1] 256237 0
Country [1] 256237 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 258991 0
ACT Health Research Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 258991 0
ACT Health Research Office
Building 10, Level 6
Canberra Hospital
Yamba Drive, Garran
Canberra, ACT 2605
Ethics committee country [1] 258991 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 258991 0
Approval date [1] 258991 0
01/05/2008
Ethics approval number [1] 258991 0
ETH.2/08.215

Summary
Brief summary
Primary purpose is to assess the effect of the hospital based walk-in clinic on hospital Emergency Department workload
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 31172 0
Address 31172 0
Country 31172 0
Phone 31172 0
Fax 31172 0
Email 31172 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 14419 0
A/Prof Drew Richardson
Address 14419 0
Emergency Medicine
The Canberra Hospital
Yamba Dr
Garran ACT 2605
Country 14419 0
Australia
Phone 14419 0
+61 2 62442418
Fax 14419 0
Email 14419 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 5347 0
A/Prof Drew Richardson
Address 5347 0
Emergency Medicine
The Canberra Hospital
Yamba Dr
Garran ACT 2605
Country 5347 0
Australia
Phone 5347 0
+61 2 62442418
Fax 5347 0
Email 5347 0
[email protected]

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