Emergency Department Utilization in Germany

NCT ID: NCT03224078

Last Updated: 2017-07-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

680000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-05-01

Study Completion Date

2020-04-30

Brief Summary

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The overall aim of INDEED is to facilitate trans-sectoral and interdisciplinary health services research of emergency care in Germany.

Clinical hospital data from 15 to 20 emergency departments in Germany will be linked to routine ambulatory health care data provided by the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung, KV). INDEED will identify health care gaps and inadequate resource allocation as well as develop strategies for adaptations of the health care system to existing demands.

Detailed Description

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B a c k g r o u n d:

Emergency departments nationally and internationally are challenged by a continuously increasing number and complexity of patients and consequent crowding. International studies showed that crowding is associated with unfavourable outcomes. Emergency departments are an important interface between the outpatient and inpatient health care sectors. Health care sectors in Germany are not organisationally cross-linked and data linkage for analysis of the health care system is not generally performed. Hence, there is a lack of data to trans-sectorally describe and monitor patients' pathways and patterns of care in the health care system.

RESEARCH AIMS:

The overall aim of INDEED is to facilitate trans-sectoral and interdisciplinary health services research of emergency care in Germany.

The primary objective of the project is to assess the trans-sectoral utilization of health care services of patients 2 years prior and 1 year after treatment in an emergency department. Patterns of adequate, inadequate and potentially avoidable care will be examined.

The secondary aim is to identify patient clusters with comparable needs of health care provision. Within clusters and for all patients combined INDEED will examine health care needs and gaps as well as factors that influence emergency department visits, disease progression, comorbidities and mortality.

METHODS:

Clinical hospital data from 15 to 20 emergency departments in Germany will be linked to routine ambulatory health care data provided by the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (Kassenärztliche Vereinigung, KV).

A secondary data analysis of linked routinely collected hospital information system and health insurance data of all adult patients that were treated with any condition in one of the participating emergency departments in 2016 (n≈680.000 cases) will be performed. Data analysis will cover the pattern of utilization of health care, identification of subgroups with comparable need of health care provision, of factors that influence emergency department visits and factors for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) or inpatient treatment. Study results will be evaluated considering age, multimorbidity and gender aspects as well as the health system and health economic perspective. Thereby INDEED will identify health care gaps and inadequate resource allocation as well as develop strategies for adaptations of the health care system to existing demands.

Conditions

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Emergencies

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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adult Emergency Department Patients

adult patients that were treated with any condition in one of the participating emergency departments in 2016 (n≈680.000 cases)

data extraction

Intervention Type OTHER

No Special interventions except from data extraction form the respective routine data sources are planned .

Interventions

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data extraction

No Special interventions except from data extraction form the respective routine data sources are planned .

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult ED patients who attended one of the participating EDs in 2016
* patients with public health insurance
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Zentralinstitut für die Kassenärztliche Versorgung in Deutschland

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Magdeburg

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK (WIdO)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Technische Universität Berlin

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung (TMF)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

OFFIS - Institut für Informatik

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Martin Moeckel

Prof. Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Martin Möckel, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Locations

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Charité Universitätsmedizin - Berlin

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Germany

Central Contacts

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Martin Möckel, Prof. Dr.

Role: CONTACT

0049 30 450 550472

Anna Slagman, Dr., MSc

Role: CONTACT

004930450553037

Facility Contacts

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Martin Möckel, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

0049 30 553472

Anna Slagman, Dr. MSc.

Role: backup

004930450553037

Other Identifiers

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EA4/086/17

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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