Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05256303
Rural Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults
Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults in Rural Settings: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 160 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study examines the implications of providing hospital-level care in rural homes.
Detailed description
Home hospital is hospital-level care at home for acutely ill patients. In multiple publications mostly in urban environments, home hospital care delivered cost-effective, high-quality, excellent experience care with similar quality and safety as traditional hospital care. Most home hospital models deliver care in urban environments, not in rural environments. To determine the effect of home hospital care in rural homes, the investigators propose to the following randomized control trial.
Conditions
- Infections
- Heart Failure
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Asthma
- Gout Flare
- Chronic Kidney Diseases
- Hypertensive Urgency
- Atrial Fibrillation Rapid
- Anticoagulation
- Diabetes and Its Complications
- End of Life/Desires Only Medical Management
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Home Hospital care | Patients receive hospital-level care in their home |
| OTHER | Traditional Hospital care | Patients receive hospital-level care in the hospital. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-02-16
- Primary completion
- 2023-12-17
- Completion
- 2024-01-17
- First posted
- 2022-02-25
- Last updated
- 2025-11-12
Locations
3 sites across 2 countries: United States, Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05256303. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.