Table 1.

Questions driving the SWOT analysis.

Internal features	Strengths	Weaknesses
	• What is unique about hospital@home care models and related concepts? • What are advantages of hospital@home? • What are the greatest achievements of hospital@home care? • Could hospital@home care models already be used to significantly support the healthcare system in a public health crisis?	• What are disadvantages of hospital@home care models? • Is the concept sufficiently developed for the modern healthcare market? • Is hospital@home care useful for patients and is it accepted at all? • What needs improvement in the context of hospital@home?
External features	Opportunities	Threats
	• Which external changes in the context of healthcare concepts and the overall market will bring opportunities? • What are current trends supporting hospital@home care? • Is there any gap in the market that can be addressed by hospital@home? • Can hospital@home benefit from particular (health) technologies?	• What are current trends preventing hospital@home? • Are there serious concerns from patients that impair or prevent the actual implementation of concepts? • Is there enough actual motivation by the care providers to implement and use hospital@home care models? • Are healthcare providers sufficiently prepared to implement and apply hospital@home care models?