Regionalized Pediatric Emergency Care in Rural Pennsylvania (OUTREACH)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborator:
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jeremy Kahn, University of Pittsburgh
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01775033
First received: January 21, 2013
Last updated: May 26, 2015
Last verified: May 2015
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Purpose
The overall goal of this project is to develop and evaluate an organized, regional system of pediatric emergency care in rural western Pennsylvania.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Emergencies [Disease/Finding] |
Other: Multicomponent intervention |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Health Services Research |
| Official Title: | Regionalized Pediatric Emergency Care in Rural Pennsylvania: the Optimizing Utilization and Rural Emergency Access for Children Study |
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Further study details as provided by University of Pittsburgh:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Average distance from home to the nearest facility with specialized pediatric emergency care capabilities [ Time Frame: One-year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]This population-based outcome will act as a measure of access and relates to HRSA Maternal Child Health Bureau performance measure AHS-8 and AHS-9 (access to pre-hospital EMS and wait times)
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Incidence of emergency transfers to CHP after an index community ED visit [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Incidence of emergency transfers to CHP that do not result in a hospital admission [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Total health care encounters outside the county within three months after an index community ED visit [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Mortality after an index community ED visit for specified high-risk conditions (trauma, sepsis, and in the chronic disease population) [ Time Frame: 90 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]These outcomes will address our goal to increase child health and related to the HRSA Maternal Child Health Bureau performance measures MICH-1,2 and 3
| Estimated Enrollment: | 5000 |
| Study Start Date: | June 2012 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | June 2016 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
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Experimental: Multicomponent intervention
Hospitals in the experimental arm will receive a four-component intervention that integrates local education, community outreach, telemedicine and protocolized triage and transport
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Other: Multicomponent intervention
Develop, implement and evaluate an organized system of regional pediatric emergency care in rural Western Pennsylvania using four pillars: education, community, protocolized triage and transport, and telemedicine.
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No Intervention: Control
Hospitals in the control arm will receive usual care.
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Detailed Description:
The OUTREACH project will develop, implement and evaluate an organized system of regional pediatric emergency care in rural western Pennsylvania. Toward that end the investigators have developed three broad goals: (1) to define the key barriers and potential solutions to regionalized pediatric emergency care through community stakeholder engagement; (2) to implement a regionalized system of pediatric emergency care using education, community outreach and telemedicine; and (3) evaluate the impact of the system on health care access and outcomes for rural children. The investigators will implement the intervention in a sample of rural hospitals in Pennsylvania using a staggered roll-out design, and compare outcomes of children seen in these hospitals to similar matched hospitals in the state, using Pennsylvania state Medicaid data to evaluate the impact of the intervention.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pennsylvania
- Medicaid beneficiary
- Less than or equal to 18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01775033
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01775033
Locations
| United States, Pennsylvania | |
| University of Pittburgh Medical Center | |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Pittsburgh
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Investigators
| Study Director: | Jeremy M Kahn, MD, MS | University of Pittsburgh |
More Information
Additional Information:
Publications:
| Responsible Party: | Jeremy Kahn, Associate Professor of Critical Care, Medicine and Health Policy & Management, University of Pittsburgh |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01775033 History of Changes |
| Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT02306408 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | H3AMC24076 |
| Study First Received: | January 21, 2013 |
| Last Updated: | May 26, 2015 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by University of Pittsburgh:
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Pediatrics Emergency medical services Emergency Treatment Telemedicine |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Emergencies Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 23, 2016