Study	Reason for exclusion
Cabrol 2000	Compares inpatient and outpatient (ambulatory) treatment
Duiverman 2019	Tests the feasibility of home initiation of chronic non‐invasive ventilation to ameliorate chronic respiratory failure at home, using telemedicine
Hazenberg 2014	Tests the feasibility of introducing technologies that ameliorate chronic respiratory failure, at home. For such patients initiation of the treatment has normally been in hospital, but may be feasible and safe at home.
Hill 1978	Patients with myocardial infarction are not suitable to be treated at home because they require urgent treatment (www.nhs.uk/conditions/heart-attack/treatment/).
King 2000	Cross‐over randomised controlled trial evaluating chemotherapy provided in a home setting versus an outpatient clinic setting
Levine 2021	Remote physician care versus daily in‐person physician hospital at home, with no hospital comparison
Mascardi 2016	Tests the feasibility of introducing technologies that ameliorate chronic respiratory failure, at home. For such patients initiation of the treatment has normally been in hospital, but may be feasible and safe at home.
Mather 1976	Patients with myocardial infarction are not suitable to be treated at home because they require urgent treatment (www.nhs.uk/conditions/heart-attack/treatment/).
NCT02363413	Tests the feasibility of introducing technologies that ameliorate chronic respiratory failure, at home. For such patients initiation of the treatment has normally been in hospital, but may be feasible and safe at home.
NCT03490084	Not randomised
Wade 1985	Clinical controlled trial Compared 2 districts, 1 with a domiciliary stroke service and 1 without
Wolfe 2000	Intervention does not substitute for inpatient care.