Key result
Community-based home health programs improved quality of life and decreased health care utilization, including hospital admissions, for adults with chronic disease.
Why the study?
Do community-based home health programs decrease hospital admissions in adult patients with chronic disease?
Population
Older adults with chronic disease
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports home health programs for chronic disease; leaves open confirmation via randomized trials.
Systematic Review
Do community-based home health programs decrease hospital admissions in adult patients with chronic disease?
Community-based home health programs represent a viable, cost-effective strategy to improve quality of life and reduce healthcare utilization in older adults with chronic diseases.
Vandiver et al. (2017) conducted a systematic review in chronic disease. Community-based home health programs was evaluated on hospital admissions. Community-based home health programs improved quality of life and decreased health care utilization, including hospital admissions, for adults with chronic disease.
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