Background
Methods
Study design and setting
Control period
Intervention period
Technical solutions
Quantitative study
Study design
Participants
Effect parameters
Distance and transportation time to the ED
Qualitative study
Survey
Interviews
Statistics
Ethics
Results
Quantitative study
Patients included
Timing of TT & MET
Control period | Intervention period | Total |
P
| |
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N
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N
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N
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TT & MET included | 280 | 283 | 563 | |
Twait ≤0, (%) | 26 (9.2) | 29 (10.2) | 53 | 0.70a
|
Twait ≤ 3, (%) | 109 (38.9) | 123 (43.5) | 232 | 0.27a
|
Twait ≥ -10 ≤ 0, (%) | 16 (5.9) | 20 (7.3) | 36 | 0.52a
|
Twait ≥ -10 ≤ 3, (%) | 99 (36.7) | 114 (41.6) | 213 | 0.23a
|
Twait > 10, (%) | 28 (11.0) | 11 (4.0) | 39 | 0.01a
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Median (iqr) [min] | Median (iqr) [min] | |||
Twait TT & MET | 5 (3–8) | 5 (3–7) | 0.18b
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Control period | Intervention period | |||||
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N
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n Missing (%) |
N
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n Missing (%) |
N total |
P
a
| |
Patients included | 157 | 123 (43 %) | 230 | 53 (19 %) | 387 | |
Distance, km [median (iqr)] | 16 (3.8–25.7) | 14.2 (4.1–24.9) | ||||
Twait stratified by transportation time | Median (iqr) [min] | Median (iqr) [min] | ||||
>0 < 5 min | 45 | 5 (3–8) | 66 | 4 (2–6) | 111 | 0.33 |
≥5 < 20 min | 49 | 4 (2–6) | 95 | 5 (2–6) | 144 | 0.57 |
≥20 min | 88 | 5 (2.5–7) | 113 | 4 (2–7) | 201 | 0.14 |
Twait stratified by distance | ||||||
>0 < 5 km | 45 | 4 (2–6) | 66 | 4 (2–6) | 111 | 0.90 |
≥5 < 19 km | 47 | 5 (2–7) | 80 | 4 (2–6.5) | 127 | 0.88 |
≥20 km | 66 | 5 (3–9) | 85 | 4 (2–6) | 151 | 0.03 |
Survey
Participants
Survey
Interviews
Participants
“We get the right patient into the right ward to a greater extent…”“…We can coordinate the use of wards and staff and competences that will be needed…”