Table 1 Primary, secondary, and tertiary outcomes
Outcome | Outcome measure | |
|---|---|---|
Primary outcome | ||
Outcome 1 | Hospital admissions ≤ 30 days | Proportion of hospital admissions within 30 days follow-up (Day 0a to Day 30) |
Secondary outcomes | ||
Outcome 2 | Hospital admissions at Day 0a | Proportion of hospital admission at Day 0a |
Outcome 3 | Readmission ≤ 30 days | Proportion of readmissions within 30 days follow-up (Day 1 to Day 30) |
Outcome 4 | Mortality ≤ 30 days | Number of deaths within 30 days follow-up (Day 0a to Day 30) |
Outcome 5 | Length of hospital admission | Number of days admitted |
Outcome 6 | Hospital-free days ≤ 30 days | Number of days alive that is spend outside of an acute-care hospital, long-term acute-care hospital or in an emergency department. Days spent wholly or in part under “observation” status counts as hospital days [44] |
Outcome 7 | Complications during hospital admission | Number of complications during admission, registered in the electronic patient journal |
Outcome 8 | Treatment initiations or changes at Day 0a | Number of treatment initiations or changes at Day 0a |
Outcome 9 | Treatment initiation or changes ≤ 30 day | Number of treatment initiations or changes within 30 days follow-up (Day 1 to Day 30) |
Outcome 10 | Functional level | Proxy assessment of functional level: - Change in amount of home care within 30 days follow-up - Number of changes of dwelling |
Outcome 11 | Re-referrals to the ACHCS | Number of re-referrals to the ACHCS |
Outcome 12 | Contact to the PCP ≤ 30 days | Number of contacts to the PCP within 30 days follow-up (Day 0a to Day 30) |
Tertiary outcomes | ||
Outcome 14 | ACNs diagnostic accuracy for conducting FLUS compared with a FLUS-specialist | ACNs conclusions are index test and FLUS-specialist conclusions used as reference test |