Prospective cohort study for assessment of integrated care with a triple aim approach: hospital at home as use case.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Applicability of comprehensive assessment of integrated care services in real world settings is an unmet need. To this end, a Triple Aim evaluation of Hospital at Home (HaH), as use case, was done. As ancillary aim, we explored use of the approach for monitoring the impact of adoption of integrated care at health system level in Catalonia (Spain).

Methods

Prospective cohort study over one year period, 2017-2018, comparing hospital avoidance (HaH-HA) with conventional hospitalization (UC) using propensity score matching. Participants were after the first episode directly admitted to HaH-HA or the corresponding control group. Triple Aim assessment using multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was done. Moreover, applicability of a Triple Aim approach at health sy

SUBMITTER: Herranz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454140 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature