🌐 EnglishEN

AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

Hospital at Home Versus Inpatient Care: Costs and Effectiveness

Recruitingn/aAges 18 Years - anyAllHospital at Home AG
NCT07274072 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Background and Objectives Hospital at Home (HaH) delivers hospital-level treatment to acutely ill patients in their own homes, including daily medical and nursing visits, infusions, physiotherapy, and diagnostics. It bridges inpatient and outpatient care, working closely with hospitals, office-based physicians, home care services (Spitex), and therapy providers. There are two main pathways: Admission Avoidance: stable patients requiring hospitalization are admitted directly to HaH instead of an inpatient ward. Early Supported Discharge: patients treated in hospital are discharged earlier than usual and transferred to HaH. Evidence International studies show HaH to be safe and effective. Reviews report comparable mortality and rehospitalization, shorter hospital stays, and cost advantages. Admission avoidance is linked to trends toward lower mortality and costs. Research showed simila

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

Sign in
📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Inpatients in the hospital or patients in Hospital at Home care * Age ≥ 18 years * Admission due to a typical Hospital at Home diagnosis (mild to moderate inflammatory and infectious diseases of the lungs, urinary tract, gastrointestinal tract, heart, and skin; exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; exacerbation of chronic heart failure; wounds; bleeding/anemia; dehydration; deterioration of general condition in multimorbid patients; infection-related complications in oncological patients; psychiatric problems including delirium; metabolic or autoimmune diseases; orthopedic patients; pain exacerbations of any cause; palliative patients up to and including terminal situations) * Patients without severe cognitive impairment or dysfunction who are capable of providing informed consent and/or completing the questionnaire * Patients with sufficient proficiency in written and spoken German and/or English Exclusion Criteria: * Inpatient admission for other reasons * Refusal to provide informed consent
💊

What it tests

  • Not listed
📍

Where

1 site
Hospital at Home AG
Zollikon, Switzerland
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy