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Low-value Care, and Variation in Practice for Children Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis

Recruitingn/aAges 28 Days - 12 MonthsAllSt. Justine's Hospital
NCT06506474 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Low-value care is defined as the use of a health service, such as diagnostics and treatments, for which the harms or costs outweigh the benefits. In pediatrics, investigations or treatments can be unpleasant or traumatizing to the child, can prolong the time spent in hospital, and can create a cascade of further futile investigations and treatments. Several of the commonly used diagnostics and treatments in bronchiolitis are considered low-value, making it a great model to study low-value care in pediatrics. The purpose of CareBEST is to study the use of 6 low-value healthcare services in children aged 1 to 12 months hospitalized with bronchiolitis, their costs, and measure the variability in practice of these services. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. How frequently are 6 low-value care health services used in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis? These 6 low-

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged \>28 days to \<12 months * Children admitted to a pediatric inpatient ward with an admission diagnosis of bronchiolitis Exclusion Criteria: \- Children previously recruited for the study, either during a previous bronchiolitis admission or for the same incident of bronchiolitis, while admitted to another study site.
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What it tests

  • Provision of any of six different low-value health services for treatment of bronchiolitis
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Where

15 sites
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Canada
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Canada
British Columbia Children's Hospital
Vancouver, Canada
IWK Health
Halifax, Canada
McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton, Canada
Kingston Health Science Centre
Kingston, Canada
Children's Hospital of Western Ontario (London Health Science Centre)
London, Canada
Lakeridge Health
Oshawa, Canada

…and 7 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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