Table 4: Length of Stay in First Admission (Hospital + Hospital-at-Home or Hospital)^*.

		Length of Stay, Mean (SD), days
Author, Year	HaH	H	P Value
Cotton et al, 2000 (21)	3.2 (range, 1 − 16)	6.1 (range, 1 − 13)	NR
Davies et al, 2000 (20)	NR	Median, 5 (IQ range, 4 − 7)	NR
Ojoo et al, 2002 (22)	7.4	5.9	0.14
Aimonino Ricauda et al, 2008 (19)	15.5 (9.5)	11.0 (7.9)	0.01
Shepperd et al, 1998 (15;18)	12.27 (3.69)†	12.12 (7.49)	NR
Skwarska et al, 2000 (6)	Median, 7‡	Median, 5	< 0.01

^*Abbreviations: H, inpatient hospital care; HaH, hospital-at-home care; IQ, interquartile range; NR, not reported; SD, standard deviation.

^†The mean total length of stay includes both days in hospital care and in hospital-at-home care (mean ± SD days in hospital: 6.93 ± 3.39; mean ± SD days in hospital-at-home care: 5.33 ± 3.94). (15;18)

^‡Nurse hospital-at-home visits were not always daily, so patients may be in the hospital-at-home program longer than needed. (6)