- ICH GCP
- Amerikanska kliniska prövningsregistret
- Klinisk prövning NCT05117333
Reminders, Cost Sharing, and Healthcare Use
The investigators conduct a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Finland by sending three types of information letters to households to examine whether the reminder letters affect healthcare use. All letters remind of the importance of seeking care to treat potential health problems.
This study has two primary objectives are: to evaluate the effects of an information nudge reminding on the importance of diagnosing and treating health problems and to evaluate the effects of additionally providing information on the fact that primary care nurse visits have become exempt from copayments. Main outcomes include the number of primary care nurse visits and general practitioner (GP) visits in a six-month follow-up.
Studieöversikt
Status
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljerad beskrivning
Studietyp
Inskrivning (Faktisk)
Fas
- Inte tillämpbar
Kontakter och platser
Studieorter
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Helsinki, Finland, 00271
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
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Deltagandekriterier
Urvalskriterier
Åldrar som är berättigade till studier
Tar emot friska volontärer
Kön som är behöriga för studier
Beskrivning
Inclusion Criteria:
- Residency in one of the 25 target municipalities as of September 15, 2021.
- Born in 1966 or earlier (aged 55 or more at the end of 2021).
- Living in a household with a maximum of three individuals aged 55 or above.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals living in households (postal address) with more than three individuals aged 55 and above.
Studieplan
Hur är studien utformad?
Designdetaljer
- Primärt syfte: Hälsovårdsforskning
- Tilldelning: Randomiserad
- Interventionsmodell: Parallellt uppdrag
- Maskning: Trippel
Vapen och interventioner
Deltagargrupp / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Aktiv komparator: Basic letter
This reminder states that if healthcare is not consumed at the right time, health may deteriorate and diagnoses and treatment may be delayed.
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Reminders
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Aktiv komparator: Co-pay
This reminder states that if healthcare is not consumed at the right time, health may deteriorate and diagnoses and treatment may be delayed AND informs recipients about a new law that abolished all co-payments for all primary care nurse visits in Finland.
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Reminders
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Aktiv komparator: GP-Co-pay
This reminder states that if healthcare is not consumed at the right time, health may deteriorate and diagnoses and treatment may be delayed AND informs recipients about a new law that abolished all co-payments for all primary care nurse visits in Finland, AND informs recipients that the new law did not abolish co-payments related to general practitioner visits.
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Reminders
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Inget ingripande: Control treatment
There is no intervention in the control treatment.
The entire population aged 55 and above in the treatment regions will serve as a control group.
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Vad mäter studien?
Primära resultatmått
Resultatmått |
Tidsram |
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Number of nurse visits (as recorded in the Finnish National Register of Primary Health Care Visits)
Tidsram: Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Number of doctor visits (as recorded in the Finnish National Register of Primary Health Care Visits)
Tidsram: Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Sekundära resultatmått
Resultatmått |
Tidsram |
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Number of referrals to specialized care (as recorded in the Finnish National Register of Primary Health Care Visits)
Tidsram: Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Number of drug prescriptions for newly initiated therapies (as recorded in the Finnish national register for prescribed medicines)
Tidsram: Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Six months starting from the date the letters are sent
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Samarbetspartners och utredare
Utredare
- Huvudutredare: Lauri Sääksvuori, PhD, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and University of Turku
Studieavstämningsdatum
Studera stora datum
Studiestart (Faktisk)
Primärt slutförande (Faktisk)
Avslutad studie (Faktisk)
Studieregistreringsdatum
Först inskickad
Först inskickad som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna
Första postat (Faktisk)
Uppdateringar av studier
Senaste uppdatering publicerad (Faktisk)
Senaste inskickade uppdateringen som uppfyllde QC-kriterierna
Senast verifierad
Mer information
Termer relaterade till denna studie
Andra studie-ID-nummer
- THL/3181/6.02.01/2021
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