Table 2 Summary of characteristics of included studies
Author, year, country | Type of reviews or designs | Population | Intervention | Outcomes | AMSTAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cool et al., 2018 [53], Belgium | Systematic review Mixed | Adult patients | Parenteral cancer drug administration | Quality of life, patient’s satisfaction, safety, and costs | Moderate |
Corral Gudino et al., 2017 [54], Spain | Systematic review Qualitative | Not specified | Interventions supporting continuity of care, including HBH | Number of readmissions, mortality, or improvement in functional capacity | Moderate |
Goncalves-Bradley et al., 2017 [22], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients aged 18 years and over | Early discharge hospital at home | Effectiveness and cost of the intervention | High |
Huntley et al. [55], 2017, UK | Systematic review Qualitative | Patients aged over 65 years | Any community-based intervention offered as an alternative to admission to an acute hospital | Reduction in secondary care use, patient-related outcomes, safety, and costs | Moderate |
Shepperd et al., 2016a [24], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | People aged 18 years and older | Home-based end-of-life care | Place of death, admission to hospital, patient satisfaction, caregiver burden, health service costs. | High |
Shepperd et al., 2016b [25], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients aged 18 years and over. | Hospital at home | Mortality, transfer to hospital, place of residence, length of stay, patient satisfaction, cost | High |
Echevarria et al., 2016 [23], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Early supported discharge (ESD) and hospital at home (HAH) | Readmissions, mortality, and cost. | Moderate |
Qaddoura et al., 2015 [49], Canada | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients who required hospitalization for decompensated heart failure | Substitutive care models | Mortality, hospital readmissions, other clinical, patient-centered, and cost outcomes | High |
Caplan et al., 2012 [20], Australia | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients aged > 16 years | Hospital at home care models | Mortality, readmission rates, patient and carer satisfaction, and costs | Moderate |
Jeppesen et al., 2012 [12], Norway | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients with a diagnosis of COPD with an acute exacerbation | Hospital at home care | Readmission rate, mortality, costs, and days of care provision | High |
Hansson et al., 2011 [50], Denmark | Systematic review Quantitative | Children and adolescents aged 0–18 years with a cancer diagnosis | Care in the patient’s own home as an alternative to a hospital admission | Children’s physical health and adverse events, satisfaction and quality of life of children and their parents, and costs | Low |
Shepperd et al., 2009 [51], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients aged 18 years and over | Early discharge hospital at home | Mortality, readmissions, patient satisfaction, length of stay in hospital and hospital at home, cost | Moderate |
Shepperd et al, 2008 [52], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Patients aged 18 years and older | Hospital care at home | Mortality, readmissions or transfers to hospital, patient and caregiver satisfaction, place of residence at follow-up, length of stay, and cost | Moderate |
Felix et al., 2004 [26], UK | Systematic review and meta-analysis Quantitative | Adult patients | Hospital at home schemes | Mortality and readmission | Moderate |
Shepperd et al., 1998 [44], UK | Systematic review Quantitative | Patients aged 18 years and over | Hospital at home care | Mortality, re-admissions, costs, patient satisfaction, and carer satisfaction | Low |