Methods	RCT Concealment of allocation: DONE Blinded assessment of outcomes: NOT DONE Follow-up of patients: 1 and 6 months Baseline measurement: DONE Reliable primary outcome measure: DONE Protection against contamination: DONE
Participants	Location: Australia Elderly patients whose length of hospital stay exceeded 6 days, who were referred for geriatric rehabilitation and expected to return home and live reasonably independently Mean age: treatment = 83.86 (7.8); control = 84.0 (7.02) Treatment = 70 Control = 34
Interventions	Early discharge hospital based outreach Type of service: nurses, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, physician Control group: in-patient hospital care
Outcomes	Mortality Functional and cognitive status Psychological well being Satisfaction Readmission Length of stay Cost
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors’ judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	A - Adequate