Impact of a Shared Decision Making Intervention on Health Care Utilization: A Secondary Analysis of the Chest Pain Choice Multicenter Randomized Trial
Schaffer JT, Hess EP, Hollander JE, Kline JA, Torres CA, Diercks DB, Jones R, Owen KP, Meisel ZF, Demers M, Leblanc A, Inselman J, Herrin J, Montori VM, Shah ND. Impact of a Shared Decision Making Intervention on Health Care Utilization: A Secondary Analysis of the Chest Pain Choice Multicenter Randomized Trial. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 25: 293-300. PMID: 29218817, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care utilizationLength of stayCare utilizationObservation unit admissionUnit admissionChest painED visitsIntervention armStudy armsIndex emergency department visitLow-risk chest painOverall health care utilizationSecondary analysisBilling dataIndex ED visitAcute coronary syndromeEmergency department visitsCardiac imaging testsCardiac stress testingPlanned secondary analysisHealth care systemInitial EDPragmatic multicenterCardiac testingCoronary syndrome