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Avoiding hospital admission through provision of hospital care at home: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
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BACKGROUND: Avoidance of admission through provision of hospital care at home is a scheme whereby health care professionals provide active treatment in the patient's home for a condition that would otherwise require inpatient treatment in an acute care hospital. We sought to compare the effectiveness of this method of caring for patients with that type of in-hospital care. METHODS: We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and EconLit databases and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisati...
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- Published
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- 10.1503/cmaj.081491
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- Journal:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
- Volume:
- 180
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 175-182
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1488-2329
- ISSN:
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0820-3946
- URN:
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uuid:aa27e23a-498a-4cee-a650-76bc0a09f88f
- Source identifiers:
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79535
- Local pid:
- pubs:79535
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- 2009
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