Emergency departments are established in 20 hospitals in Denmark in order to improve the quality for the acute patients. A group of acute patients which require timely assessment and plan from a specialist is patients with abdominal pain. the aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the admission of the group of patients to emergency departments reduces the time to doctor, specialist and plan compared to the traditional admission to a surgical acute ward.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
109
time in minutes
the time in minutes from the patient is admitted until the patient is seen by a doctor and until a treatment plan is recorded
Time frame: up to 24 hours after admission
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