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Efficacy of hospital in the home services providing care for patients admitted from emergency departments: An integrative review

Findings
  • Evidence Summary
    Evidence Summary
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2013
  • Year Published
    2014
  • Quality Rating
    8/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Australia (13); Spain (5); UK (4); Italy (2); New Zealand (2); Denmark (1); Not reported (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    Australia (13); Spain (5); UK (4); Italy (2); New Zealand (2); Denmark (1); Not reported (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
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Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Health system
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    How care is designed to meet consumers' needs
    Timely access to care
    Where care is provided
    Site of service delivery
    Outreach
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
  • Domain
    Sectors
    Home care
    Hospital care
    Providers
    Physicians
    Nurse
Publication details
  • Citation
    Varney J, Weiland TJ, Jelinek G. Efficacy of hospital in the home services providing care for patients admitted from emergency departments: An integrative review. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. 2014;12(2):128-141.
  • DOI
    10.1097/XEB.0000000000000011

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