The impact of introducing Medical Emergency Team on the reduction of hospital mortality and other adverse events in NSW

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1009916

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

High numbers of patients suffer an adverse event or die in hospitals needlessly. Summoned by a set of pre-specified criteria, a Medical Emergency Team (MET) rapidly respond to patients on general wards to prevent further deterioration. Previous studies have shown its impact on reducing cardiac arrests but limited high level evidence on reducing hospital deaths. Current study uses linked administrative databases and well-established indicators to assess the impact of introduction of a MET in NSW.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $581,827.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adverse events | cardiac arrest | critical care | health services research | patient safety

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