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Table 2 Application of RE-AIM framework to trial outcomes. Our primary outcome measure is italicized

From: Using a theory-based, customized video game as an educational tool to improve physicians’ trauma triage decisions: study protocol for a randomized cluster trial

Domain and description

Name of measure and definition

Source of data

Level

Reach

Absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of individuals who are willing to enroll in the trial

▪ Rate of response (# responded/# invited)

▪ Demographics of responders v. eligible

▪ Staffing organization information

▪ Participant surveys

▪ Staffing organization

▪ Physician

Effectiveness

Impact of the intervention on behavioral and patient-centered outcomes

Under-triage (1- proportion of severely injured patients transferred to a trauma center)

▪ Over-triage (proportion of patients transferred with minor injuries)

▪ 30-day mortality and readmissions (composite)

▪ Functional dependence (proportion of patients with 90-day pre-admission location at home with discharge to rehab or SNF)

▪ Medicare FFS and Advantage Professional, Outpatient, and Inpatient claims

▪ AHA and TIEP databases

▪ Physician

▪ Patient

Adoption

Absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of settings

▪ Number, proportion, and characteristics of hospitals staffed by trial physicians v. acute care non-trauma centers

▪ Participant surveys

▪ Medicare claims

▪ AHA and TIEP databases

▪ Organizational

Implementation

Participant’s use of intervention and the costs required

▪ Completion rate (# who completed study tasks/# enrolled)

▪ Unit cost/physician

▪ Participant surveys

▪ Applications

▪ Project progress reports

▪ Physician

Maintenance

Extent to which use of the intervention occurs ≥ 6 months*

N/A

N/A

▪ Physician

  1. Medicare FFS Medicare Fee-for-Service, AHA American Hospital Association, TIEP Trauma Information Exchange Program