NCT02476591

Brief Summary

To investigate the effects of the availability of daily patient-related charges on ordering patterns of health care ordering providers and cost containment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting.

Trial Health

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Enrollment
10,720

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Nov 2015

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 11, 2015

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 19, 2015

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 2, 2015

Completed
11 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

October 3, 2016

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

October 3, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

May 9, 2017

Status Verified

May 1, 2017

Enrollment Period

11 months

First QC Date

June 11, 2015

Last Update Submit

May 8, 2017

Conditions

Intensive Care

Keywords

Resource utilizationintensive care unit

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Average charge per patient per day ($)

    Sum hospital charges for each study unit during the 12 week block will be divided by total number of patients admitted to the study unit during that time, and again by 84 days to obtain average charge per patient per day in the ICU during the study period for each cohort.

    12 week block

Secondary Outcomes (3)

  • Average number of Basic Metabolic Panels per patient per day

    12 week blocks

  • Average number of complete blood counts per patient per day

    12 weeks

  • Average number of chest x-rays per patient per day

    12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Charge transparency

Providers with access to charge transparency as displayed via a dashboard with patient specific charge data for a given ICU stay

Behavioral: Charge Transparency

Without charge transparency

Providers without access to patient specific charge data

Interventions

Charge TransparencyBEHAVIORAL

Providers caring for patients in the "Charge Transparency" cohort will be given access to patient specific charge data on a daily basis via an interactive dashboard which allows for full charge transparency to patients admitted to the Vanderbilt ICUs

Charge transparency

Eligibility Criteria

Age16 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

All patients admitted to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cardiovascular, Surgical, Burn, Medical and Neuroscience ICUs will be included

You may qualify if:

  • All patients admitted to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cardiovascular, Surgical, Burn, Medical and Neuroscience ICUs will be included

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Officials

  • Adam J Kingeter, MD

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Fellow

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 11, 2015

First Posted

June 19, 2015

Study Start

November 2, 2015

Primary Completion

October 3, 2016

Study Completion

October 3, 2016

Last Updated

May 9, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05