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Associations between characteristics of the patients at municipal acute bed unit admission and further transfer to hospital: a prospective observational study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05823-0

Published Online: 2020-10-20

Published Print: 2020-12

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Authors

Hernes, Synnøve Karin

Baste, Valborg

Krokmyrdal, Kurt Arild

Todnem, Silje Longva

Ruths, Sabine

Johansen, Ingrid Hjulstad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-2785
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Norske Legeforening (AFU-stipend 2018-2019)
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Article History

Received: 21 April 2020

Accepted: 14 October 2020

First Online: 20 October 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC) North, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (reference number 2017/1400/REK nord). The committee also gave permission to collect anonymized information about patients and admissions without informed consent from individual patients. Staff at the Bergen Municipal Acute Bed Unit performed the data collection. SKH was part of the staff, and was granted permission from REC North to access and use the medical records to control anonymized information when necessary. The remaining researchers had no direct access to the medical records of the patients.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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