Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

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 diseases who use health services more than other patients. Despite showing promising results, heterogeneity in past systematic reviews remains high.

Objective

To systematically review and assess the association between patient outcomes and hospital-at-home interventions as a substitute for in-hospital stay for community-dwelling patients with a chronic disease who present to the emergency department and are offered at least 1 home visit from a nurse and/or physician.

Data sources

Databases were searched from date of inception to March 4, 2019. The databases were Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Emba

SUBMITTER: Arsenault-Lapierre G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8188269 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature