Acute admissions to a community hospital - health consequences: a randomized controlled trial in Hallingdal, Norway

Conclusions:
No statistical significant differences at a 5% level were found related to health consequences between the two randomized groups. The study however, indicates a consistent trend of health benefits rather than risk from acute admissions to a community hospital, as compared to the general hospital. Emergency admission and treatment at a lower-level facility than the hospital thus appears to be a feasible solution for a selected group of patients.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT01069107. Registered 2 April 2010.

Source: BMC Family Practice - December 10, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Øystein LappegardPer Hjortdahl Source Type: research