U.S., June 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07013175) titled 'WICH-ICU, a Cluster Randomized Registry Based Clinical Trial' on June 02.
Brief Summary: Aim: to evaluate if the Choosing Wisely campaign can be introduced without harming critically ill patients.
Background: Each year, around 45,000 patients are admitted to Sweden's 81 ICUs (intensive care units), costing 6-7 billion SEK (6% of total healthcare expenditure). The high costs of health care are partly attributable to overuse of diagnostic tests. Up to 30% of these tests lead to treatments that provide no benefit for patients, some of them may even be harmful(1-3). To improve quality of care while combating this problem of cost, the A...