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CompletedNCT04497467Updated Jan 17, 2025

Changes in Out-patient Visits in Taiwan During the Time of Global COVID-19 Pandemic

An observational study in Patient Preference, sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Taiwan. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-17.

Sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,200,000
Sex
All
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Study summary

The COVID-19 pandemic becomes a global challenge. This study aims to analyze the possible changes in out-patient visits during the time of COVID-19 pandemic between January and June, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, and the impact of the related healthy policies.

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Using the statistical data of the Health Insurance Bureau, this study aims to analyze the possible changes in out-patient visits during the time of COVID-19 pandemic between January and June, 2020, compared with the same period in 2019, and the impact of the related healthy policies.

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Conditions studied

  • Patient Preference

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In context

COVID-19

7,640 studies on the registry are indexed under COVID-19; 488 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1,200,000 is above the median of 261 across 3,136 observational studies indexed under COVID-19.

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Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 2,563 studies on the registry; 569 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (18%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

patients visited the out-patient clinic using the health insurance cards.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients visited the out-patient clinic using the health insurance cards.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients visited the out-patient clinic without using the health insurance cards.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
1,200,000 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the number of the out-patient visits

    Collect the number of the out-patient visits, comparing with that during the same period last year

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Taiwan University Hospital
    Taipei, Taiwan
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 17, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04497467
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 4, 2020
Start date
Aug 1, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024
Completion
Dec 31, 2024
Last update
Jan 17, 2025

Study contacts

Wan-Ching Lien, PhD
principal investigator · National Taiwan University Hospital

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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