Healthcare delivery costs Not Applicable Healthcare delivery costs
Conditions
Interventions
i. Hospital at home
ii. In-patient hospital care
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elderly medical, chronic obstructive airways disease, patients recovering from a hip replacement, knee replacement, and hysterectomy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| General and disease specific health status, patient and carer satisfaction and preferences, readmission rates, length of stay, resource use and cost to the health service, carer burden and anxiety and carer and patient cost. Few differences in outcome were detected. Hospital at home does not reduce total health care costs for the conditions we studied in this trial. Total health care costs are significantly increased for patients recovering from a hysterectomy and those with chronic obstructive airways disease. There is some evidence that costs are shifted to primary care for elderly medical patients and those with chronic obstructive airways disease. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed