Hughes 1992.

Methods	RCT
Participants	People who had an estimated life expectancy of < 6 months were recruited People requiring terminal care (73% in the intervention group and 80% in the control group had a diagnosis of cancer) Number of participants in 3 years: T = 83, C = 85 Average age: T = 65.7 years, C = 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, caregiver satisfaction, caregiver 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	No information
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	No information
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	It was not possible for participants to be blinded to the intervention, hence there is a risk that intervention status may have biased assessments of participant functioning
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Hospital databases used for healthcare utilisation data
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No information
Baseline measures	Low risk	No differences in key baseline characteristics
Protection against contamination	Unclear risk	No information