title: [Evaluation of the experience in domiciliary hospitalization of trauma patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of "Hospital Care at home for trauma patients" from the perspective of decreasing the average hospital stay and termining the home care load engendered.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Hospital Care at home unit of the Juan Canalejo hospital in La Coruña.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients belonging to the city of La Coruña or adjacent towns, who were operated on during the first six months of the programme for a trauma pathology (hip fracture, coxarthrosis, gonarthrosis).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical records were reviewed. The following data were considered: number of patients, age, length of hospital stay, length of home follow-up, number of home medical and nursing visits required.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This type of patient spends less time on average in hospital.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hospitalización a Domicilio, Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lamelo Alfonsín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva César
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aldámiz-Echevarría Iraurgui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García Doval
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D007902:Length of Stay; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors