Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of direct triage and transportation to minor injuries units (MIUs) by ambulance crews

ISRCTN	ISRCTN21222541
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN21222541
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Funder	NHS Executive South East (UK)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Helen Snooks
Scientific

School of Post-graduate Studies
University of Wales Swansea
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1792 513418
Email	ha.snooks@swan.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of direct triage and transportation to minor injuries units (MIUs) by ambulance crews
Study objectives	Patients will be safely triaged to MIUs and will be satisfied with their care
Ethics approval(s)	Added 12/01/10: Ethical approval granted by the Multi Centre Research Ethics Committee and by 10 local research ethics committees responsible for the A&E and MIU sites that took part in the study
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Emergency medicine
Intervention	Transportation to a MIU rather than A&E
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Added 12/01/10: 1. AS job time (999 call to job finished time) 2. Time to treatment (arrival at unit to time seen by doctor) 3. Total time in unit (arrival at unit to time left unit)
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Added 12/01/10: Patient reported satisfaction: 1. Ambulance care 2. Satisfaction with outcome of treatment 3. overall quality of care
Completion date	01/09/2001

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	834
Total final enrolment	834
Key inclusion criteria	Fit certain medical priority dispatch system (MPDS) codes during operational hours
Key exclusion criteria	1. Outside operating hours 2. Children
Date of first enrolment	01/09/1999
Date of final enrolment	01/09/2001

School of Post-graduate Studies

Swansea
SA2 8PP
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan	Not provided at time of registration

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article		01/01/2004		Yes	No

08/02/2023: The study setting has been changed from ‘Other’.
09/11/2022: Total final enrolment added.