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Review: hospital at home is as effective as inpatient care for mortality and hospital readmissions in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.1.23

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    Ram FS, Wedzicha JA, Wright J, et al. Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence. BMJ 2004;329:315.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q Is hospital at home (HaH) as effective as inpatient care for reducing mortality and readmission to hospital in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

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    Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Science Citation Index, Cochrane Controlled Trials register, UK National Research Register, Web of Science, individual respiratory journal websites, and proceedings of the European Respiratory Society, American Thoracic Society, British Thoracic Society, and Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (up to and including May 2003).

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    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in any language that compared HaH with inpatient care for patients who were …

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    • For correspondence: Dr F S F Ram, National Collaborating Centre for Women and Children’s Health, London, UK. fsframyahoo.co.uk

    • Source of funding: no external funding.