Table 11 Excluded articles

Old version

Ram FSF, Wedzicha JA, Wright JJ, Greenstone M. Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD003573. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003573. Update [12]

Ram FSF, Wedzicha JA, Wright JJ, Greenstone M, Lasserson TJ. Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database System Rev 2009 (4). 20 OCT 2003. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003573

Update [12]

Conley J, O’Brien CW, Leff BA, et al. Alternative strategies to inpatient hospitalization for acute medical conditions: a systematic review. JAMA Intern Med 2016;176:1693–702.doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.5974. Update [58]

Shepperd S, Iliffe S. Hospital at home versus in-patient hospital care. Cochrane database of systematic reviews (online) 2001; null(3): CD000356.

Update [22]

Shepperd S, Iliffe S. Cochrane reviews. Hospital at home versus in-patient hospital care. Nursing Times. 2001;97(38):37. Update [22]

Parkes J, Shepperd S. Cochrane reviews. Discharge planning from hospital to home. Nursing Times. 2001;97(37):42. Update [22]

Shepperd S, Iliffe S. Hospital at home versus in-patient hospital care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD000356. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000356.pub2.

Update [22]

Langhorne P, Dennis M, Kalra L, Shepperd S, Wade D, Wolfe CDA. Services for helping acute stroke patients avoid hospital admission. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 1999, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD000444. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000444.

Update [52]

Commentary

Without author. ‘Hospital at home’ schemes are as safe as inpatient care for people with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health. 2005;9(1):46-7.

Inpatient and hospital-at-home care: the same outcomes? Nursing Times, 104 (48), 29; 2008.

Grad R. Review: hospital-at-home care for early discharge or admission avoidance does not improve health outcomes. ACP J Club. 2002 Jul-Aug;137:23.

Jacobs MB. Review: hospital-at-home care does not increase mortality or readmission rates in acute exacerbations of COPD. ACP Journal Club. 2004;140(3):59.

Reishtein JL. Review: hospital at home is as effective as inpatient care for mortality and hospital readmissions in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Evidence Based Nursing. 2005;8(1):23.

Dickson HG. A meta-analysis of “hospital in the home”. Comment. The Medical journal of Australia. 2013;198(4):195.

No systematic review

Mas MT, Santaeugènia S. Hospital-at-home in older patients: a scoping review on opportunities of developing comprehensive geriatric assessment based services. Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia. 2015;50(1):26-34.

Messecar D. Review: admission-avoidance hospital-at-home decreases mortality at 6 months but does not differ from inpatient care for readmission. Evidence Based Nursing. 2009;12(3):82.

Mitre Cotta RM, Suárez-Varela MM, Llopis González A, Cotta Filho JS, Real ER, Días Ricós JA. Home hospitalization: background, current situation, and future prospects. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica. 2001;10(1):45-55.

Abstract

Goossens LMA, Vemer P, Rutten-Van Mölken MPMH. A systematic review of hospital-at-home care: cost savings are overestimated. Value in Health. 2012;15(7):A301.

Iliffe S, Shepperd S. What do we know about hospital at home? Lessons from international experience. Applied health economics and health policy. 2002;1(3):141-7.

Analysis

McCurdy BR. Hospital-at-home programs for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): an evidence-based analysis. Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series. 2012;12(10):1-65.

Editorial

Shepperd S, Cates C. Hospital at home in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: is it a viable option? Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [Internet]. 2012; (5). Available from: http://cochranelibrary-wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.ED000042/abstract.

Letter

Caplan GA. A meta-analysis of “hospital in the home”. The Medical journal of Australia. 2013;198(4):195-6.

Included results of others reviews

Shepperd S, Wee B, Straus SE. Hospital at home: home-based end of life care. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011(7):CD009231.

Published the results in another journal

Shepperd S, Doll H, Angus RM, Clarke MJ, Iliffe S, Kalra L, et al. Avoiding hospital admission through provision of hospital care at home: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2009;180(2):175-82.

Systematic review of systematic reviews included in our study

Conley J, O'Brien CW, Leff BA, Bolen S, Zulman D. Alternative strategies to inpatient hospitalization for acute medical conditions: a systematic review. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016;176(11):1693-702.