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Study design
 Nationalmulti-centrestudy
 FundedbyNationalInstituteforHealthResearch
(NIHR)
 Multi-methodsapproachincluding:
• (i) cohort study of clinical outcomes
• (ii) health economic evaluation including skill-
mix and cost-utility model development
• (iii) patient satisfaction survey
• (iv) staff survey
• (v) qualitative interviews with service users, and
• (vi) prospective hospital emergency care audit.
Study design
 Population:
 Women presenting to selected EPAUs due to early
pregnancy complications.
 Recruitment:
 44 EPAUs nationwide
 150 women per unit
 6,600 women
 200 staff
 Duration:
 3years
 Datacollection:6months
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