Methods	RCT
Participants	Patients who had an estimated life expectancy of < 6 months were recruited. Patients
	requiring terminal care (73% in the intervention group had a diagnosis of cancer and 80% in the control group).
	Number of patients in 3 years:
	Treatment = 83
	Control = 85
	Average age:
	Treatment: = 65.7 years
	Control = 63.3 years
Interventions	Hospital at home
	Type of service: physician-led
	Skill mix and size of team: nurses; 1 physiotherapist; 1 dietitian; 1 social worker; health technicians
	Control group: inpatient hospital care
Outcomes	Mortality
	Functional status
	Psychological well-being
	Cognitive status
	Patient satisfaction
	Readmission
	Cost
	Inpatient hospital days
	Use of other health services
	Carer satisfaction
	Carer morale
	Follow up:
	1 month
	6 months
Notes	US study
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)	High risk
All outcomes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)	Low risk	All stated outcomes reported
All outcomes
Baseline measures	Low risk