Risk Factors, Costs, and Impacts of ED Boarding

Part of paid clinical trials in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sponsor
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Study ID
NCT07532564
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Asthma (Diagnosis)
  • COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
  • Chest Pain
  • Diabetes
  • Heart Failure
  • Hypertension
  • Pneumonia
  • Psychiatric Disorder
  • Sepsis
  • Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
  • Stroke (CVA) or TIA
  • Urinary Tract Infection (Diagnosis)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Study Details

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the risk factors, costs, and operational impacts of emergency department boarding (patients admitted to the hospital but remaining in the emergency department awaiting placement on an inpatient floor) The main questions it aims to answer is: 1. What characteristics of patients make them more likely to experience ED boarding? 2. What is the impact of ED boarding on costs of health care? 3. How do high-boarding environments affect the clinical care of all patients in the emergency department, including those that do not board themselves. Data will be secondary in nature, collected in the regular Participants already taking intervention A as part of their regular medical care for RA will answer online survey questions about their joint pain for 5 years.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 1, 2022
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
30,486 participants (actual)

Arms

  • Arm: Patients Hospitalized from the ED to Boarding Services
    Adult patients admitted to floor level services that directly manage patients in the ED (medicine, family medicine, neurology)

Primary Outcome Measure

Boarding time [ Time Frame: During hospitalization encounter ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimoreMaryland21201-

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