Abstract

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, and costs. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, Embase, Social Sciences Citation Index, CINAHL, EconLit, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, from the earliest date in each database to 1 February 2012.

Authors

Caplan GA; Sulaiman NS; Mangin DA; Ricauda NA; Wilson AD; Barclay L

Journal

The Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 197, No. 9, pp. 512–519

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

November 2012

DOI

10.5694/mja12.10480

ISSN

0025-729X

Associated Experts

Derelie A Mangin

Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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A meta‐analysis of “hospital in the home”