"Hospital at home" care was generally as effective as routine hospital care for older adults

Satisfaction with hospital at home care.

OBJECTIVES To examine differences in satisfaction with acute care between patients who received treatment in a physician-led substitutive Hospital at Home program and those who received usual acute hospital care. DESIGN Survey questionnaire of participants in prospective, nonrandomized clinical trial. SETTING Three Medicare-managed care health systems and a Department of Veterans Affairs Me...

Review: hospital at home is as effective as inpatient care for mortality and hospital readmissions in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Ram FS, Wedzicha JA, Wright J, et al. Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence. BMJ 2004;329:315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Number of readmissions was similar for hospital at home and traditional hospital care for children with moderate illness.

Comparison of functional outcomes associated with hospital at home care and traditional acute hospital care.

OBJECTIVES To compare differences in the functional outcomes experienced by patients cared for in Hospital at Home (HaH) and traditional acute hospital care. DESIGN Survey questionnaire of participants in a prospective nonrandomized clinical trial. SETTING Three Medicare managed care health systems and a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred fourteen community-dwelling...

'Hospital at home' care model as an effective alternative in the management of decompensated chronic heart failure.

AIMS The 'Hospital at home' (HaH) model avoids hospital admission by transferring healthcare and treatment to the patient's home. We aimed to compare the effectiveness and direct healthcare costs of treating elderly patients with decompensated heart failure (HF) using HaH care vs. inpatient hospital care (IHC) in a cardiology unit. METHODS AND RESULTS Eighty patients aged over 65 years who pr...