Community Paramedicine Program in Social Housing and Health Service Utilization: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Community Paramedicine at Clinic (CP@clinic) is a chronic disease prevention program that decreases 911 calls for emergency medical services, but its wider system effects are unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the effects of CP@clinic vs usual care on individual-level health service utilization outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This open-label, pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial evaluated all residents 55 years or older in 30 social housing buildings in Ontario, Canada, that had (1) a unique postal code, (2) at least 50 apartments, (3) 60% or more residents 55 years or older, and (4) a similar building for pairing (15 intervention and 15 control buildings, pair-matched randomization). The 12-month intervention had a staggered start date from

SUBMITTER: Agarwal G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581518 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature