Table 5.
Mortality, length of stay, readmission, appointments and social care, and treatment preference outcome
| HAH, n=60 | UC, n=58 | |
| Death at 14 days, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Death at 90 days, n (%) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.7) |
| Length of hospital stay at 90 days, median (IQR) | 1 (1–7) | 5 (2–12)* |
| Length of hospital stay at 90 days, mean (SD) | 6.1 (9.7) | 10.3 (15.8) |
| Length of hospital stay (index admission), median (IQR) | 1 (1–1) | 3 (2–4.25) |
| Length of hospital stay (index admission), mean (SD) | 1.2 (2.1) | 4.1 (4.6) |
| Length of stay within HAH, median (IQR) | 4 (2–5) | NA |
| Patients with one or more hospital readmissions, n (%) | 22 (36.7) | 23 (39.7) |
| Patients with one or more A+E attendances post discharge, n (%) | 29 (48.3) | 26 (44.8) |
| Patients with one or more GP attendances post discharge, n (%) | 26 (43.3) | 30 (51.7) |
| Patients with one or more secondary care appointments, n (%) | 48 (80.0) | 41 (70.7) |
| Patients with a social care package post discharge, n (%) | 7 (11.7) | 5 (8.6) |
| Stated preference for HAH care day 14, n (%) | 54 (90.0) | 51 (87.9) |
*P=0.001 using Mann-Whitney. For bed days over 90 days, based on length of stay from 373 patients, 116 patients were needed to detect a difference of 4.7 days with 90% power assuming a type 1 error rate of 5% in a superiority analysis.
A+E, accident and emergency; GP, general practitioner; HAH, Hospital at Home; NA, not applicable; UC, usual care.