Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit
Lead Sponsor:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Conditions:
Model of Care for Hospitalized Older Adults
Eligibility:
All Genders
75+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a new model of care, the Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly Unit is beneficial in improving patient outcomes for elderly patients admitted to the hospital.
Detailed Description
Inpatient hospitalizations for the elderly are fraught with hazards. Hospital complications such as delirium, falls, pressure ulcers are common in the elderly. These complications may be avoidable. Pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients admitted to general medical service either to Mobile Acute Care of the Elderly (MACE) Unit or to general medicine 75 years or older.
- Patients or surrogates must be reachable by the phone.
- Patient must have a Sinai affiliated physician who is identified by patient or surrogate to be primary care provider
Exclusion
- The patient is less than 75 years old.
- The patient was admitted to specialty services including cardiology-telemetry unit, intensive care, surgery, Respiratory Care Unit (RCU).
- The patient was previously admitted to an outside hospital and now transferred to Mount Sinai for further care.
- The patient cannot be contacted by telephone.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
346 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00927160
Start Date
June 1 2009
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
August 23 2013
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States, 10029