Triage With Referral to Primary Care vs Triage Without Referral to Primary Care: The Proportion of Patients Presenting at the ED But Being Treated by the GPC After Referral
Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.
Measures 6
Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.
| Measure | Value | 95% interval, lower | 95% interval, upper | Method | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk in group 1 | 0.0952 | 0.0882 | 0.103 | wilson | ClinicalTrials.gov | |
| Risk in group 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0022 | wilson | ClinicalTrials.gov | |
| Risk difference, group 1 minus group 2 | 0.0952 | 0.0878 | 0.103 | newcombe hybrid score | ClinicalTrials.gov | |
| Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2 | log | a group has no participants with the outcome | ClinicalTrials.gov | |||
| Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2 | log | a cell of the two-by-two table is zero | ClinicalTrials.gov | |||
| Number needed to treat, for one more participant with the outcome on Triage With Referral to Primary Care than on Triage Without Referral to Primary Care | 10.5 | 9.74 | 11.4 | from the risk difference interval | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Groups 2
Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.
| Group | Title | Description | With the outcome | Analysed | ClinicalTrials.gov code | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Triage With Referral to Primary Care | Triage and referral according to eMTS.~Triage with referral to primary care: During intervention weekends(and holidays) a nurse will triage patients using a newly developped extended Manchester Triage System (eMTS). Patients appropriate for primary care will be referred to the general practitioner on call.We will inform patients about the nature of the intervention using leaflets and broadcasting in the waiting room of the Emergency Department. | 599 | 6,294 | OG000 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Group 2 | Triage Without Referral to Primary Care | Weekends with usual care~Usual care: During a control weekend (and holidays), all data registration and collection will be the same as during intervention weekends but patents will not be informed about their allocation advice. The emergency physician will see all patients deciding to stay at the ED, without influence of the triage advice. As in standard clinical care, patients will have the right to change their mind and go spontaneously to the general practitioner. . During control weekends, we will only inform about triage in general but no about the general practioner or the intervention. | 0 | 1,744 | OG001 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Outcome 5
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | PRIMARY | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Title | The Proportion of Patients Presenting at the ED But Being Treated by the GPC After Referral | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Description | The difference between intervention and control period will be calculated. Treatment at the GPC means having a record at the GPC. | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Time frame | Patient flow will be followed for 24 hours after presentation at the ED | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Population | See main paper for more details. | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Trial 8
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Triaging and Referring in Adjacent General and Emergency Departments | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| NCT number | NCT03793972 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Phases | NA | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Conditions | Triage | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Interventions | Triage with referral to primary care, Usual care | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Lead sponsor | Universiteit Antwerpen | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Results first posted | 2025-03-11 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Results on ClinicalTrials.gov | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03793972?tab=results | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Source 4
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Release | trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Release manifest SHA-256 | f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| AACT copy | 2026-03-23 | ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Tables read | outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Release trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACT: ClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299 ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.
ClinicalTrials.gov: none stated ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.