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Last updated: 31 August 2010 - Next update due: 7 September 2010

Research type:

Primary Research (e.g. trial) 

Title (lead author) etc:

What are the clinical outcome and cost-effectiveness of endoscopy undertaken by nurses when compared with doctors? A Multi-Institution Nurse Endoscopy Trial (MINuET)  (Williams) 214 pages, Volume 10, number 40

DOI

10.3310/hta10400
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Headline:

Nurse endoscopists are cheaper, significantly more thorough, and better appreciated by patients, but doctors achieve better outcomes at 1 year and overall are likely to be more cost-effective. 

Project ref:

97/37/09 

Original project title:

What is the cost-effectiveness of endoscopy undertaken by nurses? - a multi-institution nurse endoscopy trial (MINUET) 

Chief Investigator:

Professor John G Williams, Prof Health Srvcs Rsrch/Consult Gastroenterologist, School of Medicine, Swansea University

Start Date:

September 2001  

Date of publication in HTA journal series

October 2006

Cost:

£764,899 

MeSH* index primary terms:

ENDOSCOPY Q-nursing; ENDOSCOPY Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings)

MeSH* index secondary terms:

HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; FOLLOW-UP-STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS  (* = Medical Subject Headings)

ISRCTN* number:

ISRCTN 82765705 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) 
URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website:
http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN82765705 

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484104329 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

Project protocol not available

Printed copies of this title despatched:

111 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)

Downloads/Views of electronic version from website:

35339 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010.

URL of this page:

http://www.hta.ac.uk/1155

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