Andrei 2011.

Study characteristics
Methods	Parallel randomised trial
Participants	Setting: Romania People with chronic heart failure who had deteriorated at a minimum of 1 week prior to recruitment. Number of participants in each group was not reported, a total of 45 participants recruited.
Interventions	Admission avoidance hospital at home; the first 48 hours of treatment was in the emergency department
Outcomes	Mortality, biological measures, and cost
Notes	Follow‐up at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months Funding: the study was published as an abstract, details not reported Conflicts of interest: details not reported Ethical approval: details not reported
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported
Baseline outcome measurements (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported
Baseline characteristics (selection bias)	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Blinding of participants and personnel not possible
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Subjective outcomes	Unclear risk	Not reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Objective outcomes	Unclear risk	Methods not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	The study was published as an abstract, details not reported