Why the study?
Does admission avoidance hospital at home improve outcomes and reduce costs compared to acute hospital inpatient care in adults requiring hospital admission?
Does admission avoidance hospital at home improve outcomes and reduce costs compared to acute hospital inpatient care in adults requiring hospital admission?
Admission avoidance hospital at home may provide an effective and potentially cost-saving alternative to inpatient care for select elderly patients, though evidence is limited by small trial sizes.
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Supports hospital-at-home for select patients to improve satisfaction and reduce costs; extends prior trial evidence despite length-of-stay heterogeneity.
Shepperd et al. (2016) studied this question.
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