Validation of the four hour rule in Australia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1029492

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The purpose of this partnership project is to assess the impact of the four-hour rule policy in reducing access block and its effects of Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding on patients before and after its implementation. We will examine the trends and characteristics of patients under the policy in WA hospitals and compare them with similar patients not under the policy. This is a unique opportunity due to a natural experiment occurring in Australia with implications at the national and international levels.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Partnerships

Funding Amount: $687,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

clinical decision making | data linkage | emergency medical service | epidemiological research methods | policy evaluation

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