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STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained High needs: an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED) – a study protocol

Rabeea'h Aslam Orcid Logo, Helen Snooks Orcid Logo, Alison Porter Orcid Logo, Ashra Khanom Orcid Logo, Robert Cole, Adrian Edwards Orcid Logo, Bethan Edwards, Bridie Evans Orcid Logo, Theresa Foster, Rachael Fothergill Orcid Logo, Penny Gripper, Ann John Orcid Logo, Robin Petterson, Andy Rosser, Anna Tee, Berni Sewell Orcid Logo, Heather Hughes, Ceri Phillips, Nigel Rees Orcid Logo, Jason Scott Orcid Logo, Alan Watkins Orcid Logo

BMJ Open, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Start page: e053123

Swansea University Authors: Rabeea'h Aslam Orcid Logo, Helen Snooks Orcid Logo, Alison Porter Orcid Logo, Ashra Khanom Orcid Logo, Bethan Edwards, Bridie Evans Orcid Logo, Ann John Orcid Logo, Berni Sewell Orcid Logo, Ceri Phillips, Nigel Rees Orcid Logo, Alan Watkins Orcid Logo

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Introduction UK ambulance services have identified a concern with high users of the 999 service and have set up ‘frequent callers’ services, ranging from within-service management to cross-sectoral multidisciplinary case management approaches. There is little evidence about how to address the needs...

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There is little evidence about how to address the needs of this patient group.Aim To evaluate effectiveness, safety and efficiency of case management approaches to the care of people who frequently call the emergency ambulance service, and gain an understanding of barriers and facilitators to implementation.Objectives (1) Develop an understanding of predicted mechanisms of change to underpin evaluation. (2) Describe epidemiology of sustained high users of 999 services. (3) Evaluate case management approaches to the care of people who call the 999 ambulance service frequently in terms of: (i) Further emergency contacts (999, emergency department, emergency admissions to hospital) (ii) Effects on other services (iii) Adverse events (deaths, injuries, serious medical emergencies and police arrests) (iv) Costs of intervention and care (v) Patient experience of care. 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title STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained High needs: an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED) – a study protocol
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Helen Snooks
Alison Porter
Ashra Khanom
Bethan Edwards
Bridie Evans
Ann John
Berni Sewell
Ceri Phillips
Nigel Rees
Alan Watkins
title_short STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained High needs: an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED) – a study protocol
title_full STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained High needs: an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED) – a study protocol
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title_full_unstemmed STRategies to manage Emergency ambulance Telephone Callers with sustained High needs: an Evaluation using linked Data (STRETCHED) – a study protocol
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Anna Tee
Berni Sewell
Heather Hughes
Ceri Phillips
Nigel Rees
Jason Scott
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description Introduction UK ambulance services have identified a concern with high users of the 999 service and have set up ‘frequent callers’ services, ranging from within-service management to cross-sectoral multidisciplinary case management approaches. There is little evidence about how to address the needs of this patient group.Aim To evaluate effectiveness, safety and efficiency of case management approaches to the care of people who frequently call the emergency ambulance service, and gain an understanding of barriers and facilitators to implementation.Objectives (1) Develop an understanding of predicted mechanisms of change to underpin evaluation. (2) Describe epidemiology of sustained high users of 999 services. (3) Evaluate case management approaches to the care of people who call the 999 ambulance service frequently in terms of: (i) Further emergency contacts (999, emergency department, emergency admissions to hospital) (ii) Effects on other services (iii) Adverse events (deaths, injuries, serious medical emergencies and police arrests) (iv) Costs of intervention and care (v) Patient experience of care. (4) Identify challenges and opportunities associated with using case management models, including features associated with success, and develop theories about how case management works in this population.Methods and analysis We will conduct a multisite mixed-methods evaluation of case management for people who use ambulance services frequently by using anonymised linked routine data outcomes in a ‘natural experiment’ cohort design, in four regional ambulance services. We will conduct interviews and focus groups with service users, commissioners and emergency and non-acute care providers. The planned start and end dates of the study are 1 April 2019 and 1 September 2022, respectivelyEthics and dissemination The study received approval from the UK Health Research Authority (Confidentiality Advisory Group reference number: 19/CAG/0195; research ethics committee reference number: 19/WA/0216).
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