title: Benefits and drawbacks of hospital-at-home schemes.
abstract: Hospital-at-home schemes provide intensive levels of care to actually ill people in their own homes. Such schemes may give care as an alternative to hospital admission or as an aid to early discharge. Benefits for the patient may include the reduced stress of being in familiar surroundings and the removal of travelling costs. Benefits to the health system may include shorter waiting-lists and a reduction in the length of patient hospitalisation.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Studies, Edge Hill University College, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D014850:Waiting Lists