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. 2024 Mar 5;2024(3):CD007491. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007491.pub3

1.14. Analysis.

Comparison 1: Admission avoidance hospital at home versus inpatient care, Outcome 14: Clinical outcomes

Clinical outcomes
Study Outcomes Results
Clinical outcomes
Corwin 2005 No advancement of cellulitis
(indelible line drawn around peripheral margin of the cellulitis and dated)
Mean (SD) days
T= 1.5 (0.11), C= 1.49 (0.10), Mean difference 0.01 days, 95% CI ‐0.3 to 0.28
Days of no advancement of cellulites
HR 0.98, 95% CI 0.73 to 1.32, P = 0.90
Days on intravenous antibiotics
HR 0.84, 95% CI 0.63 to 1.12, P = 0.23
Days to discharge
HR 0.93, 95% CI 0.70 to 1.23, P = 0.60
Days on oral antibiotics
HR 1.09, 95% CI 0.82 to 1.45, P = 0.56
Davies 2000 Proportion of patients prescribed an antibiotic at 3 months T= 56/100 (56%), C= 19/50 (38%), Difference 18%, 95% CI 1.4 to 34.6%
Echevarria 2018 COPD Assessment Tool (CAT) at 14 and 90 days CAT, 14‐day (IQR)
T = ‐4.0 (‐9.5, 0)
C = ‐3.0 (‐7, 1)
CAT, 90 day (IQR)
T = ‐3.0 (‐8, 1)
C = ‐1.0 (‐6, 1)
Levine 2020 Any safety event
Median pain score
Inappropriate medication use
Urinary catheter use
Restraint use
Any safety event (%)
T = 4 (9)
C = 7 (15)
Median pain score (IQR)
T = 0 (1)
C = 0 (3)
Inappropriate medication use
T = 0 (0)
C = 5 (10)
Urinary catheter use
T = 0 (0)
C = 2 (4)
Restraint use
T = 0 (0)
C = 0 (0)
Shepperd 2021 Charlson Comorbidity Index score Mean at 6 months (SD)
T = 6.17 (1.94)
C = 6.00 (1.93)
Adjusted mean difference (95% CI): 0.0002 (‐0.1452 to 0.1455)
Talcott 2011 Major medical complications during care in hospital at home or hospital T= 4/47 (9%), C= 5/66 (8%), Difference 1%, 95% CI ‐10 to13%
Tibaldi 2004 Use of antipsychotic drugs On admission
T= 26/56 (46.4%), C= 18/56 (32%), Difference 14.3%, 95% CI ‐3.7% to 31.1%
On discharge
T= 6/56 (11%), C = 13/53 (25%), Difference 14%, 95% CI ‐28% to 0.3%