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July 27, 2026International Journal for Quality in Health CareOpen Access

Hospital at Home vs conventional hospitalization: good clinical outcomes with lower cost and nosocomial complications

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EVEulalia Villegas-BrugueraACAna Maria Torres CortsSMSergio Oleaga Pérez Mendiguren

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Overview

Retrospective study compares hospitalization at home and conventional care, finding better outcomes and lower costs for patients.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of hospitalization at home compared to conventional hospitalization.
  • Retrospective observational study over two years involving 988 patients in 2019 and 1335 in 2023.
  • Analysed epidemiological and clinical aspects, hospital bed utilization, nosocomial complications, and cost differences between HAH and conventional hospitalization.
  • Compared hospital resource usage, including laboratory tests and imaging, between HAH and conventional hospitalization.
  • HAH maintained lower complication and readmission rates compared to conventional hospitalization.
  • Cost per patient per day was significantly lower in HAH (€86 vs €215 in 2019 and €118 vs €257 in 2023).
  • Annual savings from HAH utilization reached €1.1 million in 2019 and €1.5 million in 2023, with significant reduction in resource usage.

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Villegas-Bruguera et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a67008840bca442e0d4a3fehttps://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzag099
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