Methods	RCT Concealment of allocation: NOTCLEAR (10/70, 14%, withdrew after randomisation and excluded from analysis) Follow up of patients: 5 days, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 1 year Blinded assessment of outcomes: NOT CLEAR Baseline measurement: DONE Reliable primary outcome measure: DONE Protection against contamination: DONE
Participants	Location: UK Patients recovering from a knee replacement Age - no data Treatment = 32 Control = 28
Interventions	Hospital at home (early discharge) Type of service: orthopaedic outreach team (2 orthopaedic nurses, a health care assistant, a physiotherapist) provide domiciliary care and a 24 hour on call service Control group: in-patient hospital care
Outcomes	Clinical condition of the knee joint Complications Readmission Patient satisfaction
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B - Unclear