Home Hospitalization: 15 Years of Experience

Letters21 March 2006Home Hospitalization: 15 Years of ExperienceJeremy M. Jacobs, MBBS, BSc, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, MD, and Jochanan Stessman, MDJeremy M. Jacobs, MBBS, BScFrom Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.Search for more papers by this author, Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, MDFrom Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.Search for more papers by this author, and Jochanan Stessman, MDFrom Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-144-6-200603210-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read with interest the report by Leff and colleagues on hospital at home (1). Their findings that hospital at home led to shorter length of stay, fewer medical complications, greater patient satisfaction, and reduced cost are important additions to the evidence supporting this service. They are also similar to our experience with the Jerusalem Home Hospital program, which, since its initiation in 1991, has treated more than 13 000 patients with intensive medical, subacute, and palliative care at home instead of in the hospital.We previously reported that decreased hospital utilization was attributable to the establishment of ...References1. Leff B, Burton L, Mader SL, Naughton B, Burl J, Inouye SK, et al. Hospital at home: feasibility and outcomes of a program to provide hospital-level care at home for acutely ill older patients. Ann Intern Med. 2005;143:798-808. [PMID: 16330791] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Stessman J, Ginsberg G, Hammerman-Rozenberg R, Friedman R, Ronen D, Israeli A, et al. Decreased hospital utilization by older adults attributable to a home hospitalization program. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44:591-8. [PMID: 8617912] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Maaravi Y, Cohen A, Hammerman-Rozenberg R, Stessman J. Home hospitalization. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2002;3:114-8. [PMID: 12807550] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Shepperd S. Hospital at home: the evidence is not compelling [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2005;143:840-1. [PMID: 16330798] LinkGoogle Scholar5. Shepperd S, Iliffe S. Hospital at home versus in-patient hospital care. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005; 3 CD000356. [PMID: 16034853] MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoHospital at Home: Feasibility and Outcomes of a Program To Provide Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Older Patients Bruce Leff , Lynda Burton , Scott L. Mader , Bruce Naughton , Jeffrey Burl , Sharon K. Inouye , William B. Greenough III , Susan Guido , Christopher Langston , Kevin D. Frick , Donald Steinwachs , and John R. Burton Metrics Cited ByProlonged Mechanical Ventilation: Symptomatology, Well-Being, and Attitudes to LifeProlonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Comparison of Patients Treated at Home Compared With Hospital Long-Term CareHealth Outcomes from Home Hospitalization: Multisource Predictive ModelingEffectiveness of a Hospital-at-Home Integrated Care Program as Alternative Resource for Medical Crises Care in Older Adults With Complex Chronic ConditionsImplementation of Home Hospitalization and Early Discharge as an Integrated Care Service: A Ten Years Pragmatic AssessmentComing of age: health-care challenges of an ageing population in IsraelHospitalización domiciliaria en el paciente anciano: revisión de la evidencia y oportunidades de la geriatríaHospitalización a domicilio: oportunidad para el cambioHard Times: The Effects of Financial Strain on Home Care Services Use and Participant Outcomes in Michigan 21 March 2006Volume 144, Issue 6Page: 456KeywordsGeriatricsHealth careHealth economicsHospitalizationsInpatientsMedical servicesPalliative care ePublished: 21 March 2006 Issue Published: 21 March 2006 CopyrightCopyright © 2006 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...