# Discharge Planning for Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: Use of a Brief Phone Call After Discharge to Improve Medication Utilization and Physician Follow-up

> **NCT01207180** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill** · enrollment: 157 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Patient Discharge

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Phone call follow-up
- **OTHER:** Satisfaction survey
- **OTHER:** Control group --- no intervention

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01207180
- **Lead sponsor:** University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-09
- **Primary completion:** 2010-11
- **Final completion:** 2010-11
- **Target enrollment:** 157 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-11-18

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01207180

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01207180, "Discharge Planning for Elderly Patients in the Emergency Department: Use of a Brief Phone Call After Discharge to Improve Medication Utilization and Physician Follow-up". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01207180. Licensed CC0.

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