Background Admission avoidance hospital at home provides active treatment by healthcare
professionals in the patient's home for a condition that otherwise would require acute …

Background Early discharge hospital at home is a service that provides active treatment by
healthcare professionals in the patient's home for a condition that otherwise would require …

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 Approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age and living in the
community fall each year; the number is higher in institutions. Although less than one fall in …

Objective: To assess the effect of “hospital in the home”(HITH) services that significantly
substitute for inhospital time on mortality, readmission rates, patient and carer satisfaction …

These guidelines were formulated to assist physicians and other health care professionals
with various aspects of the administration of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy …

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 …

The quality of chronic care in America is low, and the cost is high. To help inform efforts to
overhaul the ailing US healthcare system, including those related to the “medical home,” …

Objectives: To study the effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and
multidisciplinary intervention on elderly patients sent home from the emergency department …

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 …