Background: Substitutive hospital-level care in a patient's home may reduce cost, health
care use, and readmissions while improving patient experience, although evidence from …

Background Hospitals are standard of care for acute illness, but hospitals can be unsafe,
uncomfortable, and expensive. Providing substitutive hospital-level care in a patient's home …

Background: Acutely ill older persons often experience adverse events when cared for in the
acute care hospital. Objective: To assess the clinical feasibility and efficacy of providing …

Background Substitutive hospital-level care in a patient's home (“home hospital”) has been
shown to lower cost, utilization, and readmission compared to traditional hospital care …

Background: Avoidance of admission through provision of hospital care at home is a
scheme whereby health care professionals provide active treatment in the patient's home for …

Importance Hospital-at-home (HaH) care provides acute hospital-level care in a patient's
home as a substitute for traditional inpatient care. In September 2017, the Physician …

Importance Hospitalizations are costly and may lead to adverse events; hospital-at-home
interventions could be a substitute for in-hospital stays, particularly for patients with chronic …

Importance Use of postacute care is common and costly in the United States, but there is
significant uncertainty about whether the choice of postacute care setting matters …

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 …

Background Despite the widespread adoption of hospital at home services it is not known if
these services represent an effective way to manage patients, compared with in-patient …