1.12. Analysis.
Comparison 1: Admission avoidance hospital at home versus inpatient care, Outcome 12: Length of stay
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| Study | Results | Outcomes | Notes |
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| Davies 2000 | Hospital length of stay | Median (IQR) 5 days (4 to 7) N=100 Mean (SD) 6.72 days (4.3) N=100 |
Data for the control group only |
| Echevarria 2018 | Length of hospital stay at 90 days Length of hospital stay (index admission) Length of stay within HAH |
Mean length of hospital stay (index admission) T = 1.2 (2.1) C = 4.1 (4.6) Mean length of hospital stay at 90 days (SD) T = 6.1 (9.7) C = 10.3 (15.8) Median length of stay within HAH (IQR) T = 4 (2‐5) C = NA |
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| Harris 2005 | Average length of stay for the index episode until discharge from hospital or hospital at home (days) |
T= 11.33 days (SD 11.14) N=39 C= 7.83 days (7.35) N=37 Mean difference 3.5 95% CI ‐0.80 to 7.80 |
IPD |
| Levine 2018 | Length of stay during acute care episode | Median length of stay during acute care episode (IQR) T = 3 (1) C = 3 (3) P=0.79 |
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| Levine 2020 | Length of stay during acute care episode | Mean length of stay (95% CI) (days) T = 4.5 (3.9, 5.0) C = 3.8 (3.3, 4.4) |
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| Mendoza 2009 | Average length of stay for the index episode (days) | T= 10.9 (SD 5.9) N=37 C= 7.9 (SD 3.0), P = 0.01 N=34 |
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| Ricauda 2008 | Hospital at home and hospital length of stay (days) Total length of stay to include hospital transfers for the hospital at home group |
Total days of care (hospital plus hospital at home), mean (SD) T= 15.5 (SD 9.5) N=52 C= 52 (SD 7.9) Difference 4.50, 95% CI 1.14, 7.86 |
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| Richards 2005 | Median number of days to discharge | T=4 (range 1‐14) N=24 C= 2 (range 0‐10) N=25 |
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| Shepperd 2021 | Average length of hospital stay | Mean length of initial stay (SD) (complete cases) T = 1.43 (4.84) N=563 C = 4.92 (7.64) N=274 Mean length of hospital length of stay at six months follow‐up T=9.47 (18.41) N=563 C=10.58 (19.49) N=274 |
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| Tibaldi 2009 | Time in the emergency department (hours) Length of stay (days) |
Time in ED, mean (SD) T= 14.6 (3.4), C= 16.3 (3.0) Length of treatment, mean (SD) T= 20.7 (6.9) N=48, C= 11.6 (10.7) N=53, P = 0.001 |
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| Wilson 1999 | Length of stay | Treatment N=102 Control N=97 Length of hospital stay in days, median T= 5.1 (13.53), C= 18.5 (18.51) days, P = 0.026 Total days of care (hospital plus hospital at home), median T= 9, C= 16 days; P = 0.031 Total days of care (hospital plus hospital at home and readmission days), mean (SD) T= 13.33 (17.26), C= 21.42 (25.46) Difference ‐8.09 95% CI ‐14.34 to ‐1.85 |
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