This pilot study of FIC was a cohort analytic study, in that the cohorts were identified before implementation of the intervention (FIC) rather than based on outcome, as is the case in a case-control study.
The survey, which was part of the baseline study and was conducted just before implementation of the intervention, involved 4,090 persons randomly selected from the study population.
Individual interviews will be conducted to determine the patients' assessment of chronic illness care, degree of self-enablement, and access to care before implementation of the intervention, at intermediate moments and at the end of the study.
The CVC utilization rate before implementation of the intervention was 69.4 CVC-days per 100 patient-days.
Three practices will be chosen from the list of priority practices below, after evaluating their current use during the baseline period and before implementation of the intervention.
Before implementation of the intervention policy, medical staff was still the most prominent occupation in provincial flow, but it was significantly reduced after implementation of the intervention policy.
SILC-MCHNs will attend a total of four workshops during the trial period: one before implementation of the interventions and three while the interventions are in place to discuss adherence to SILC protocols, review processes and discuss any concerns SILC-MCHNs may have.
Outcome measures were collected on the same day on both occasions and baseline outcomes were assessed before implementation of the intervention.
As noted, we will only include interventions that are hospital-wide and are associated with patient outcomes through validated data collected before and after implementation of the intervention.
†Period 1 (2/25–4/27), time from onset of first case to the day before implementation of intervention measures including level B quarantine; period 2 (4/28–5/9), time from implementation of intervention measures to the implementation of expedited classification procedure; period 3 (5/10–6/15), time of the expedited classification procedure to the date of onset of the last SARS case.
