Becker's Healthcare January 9, 2024
With the acute hospital care at home waiver set to expire in December 2024, Boston-based Mass General Brigham conducted a study to shed light on the outcomes and potential benefits of the home-based care model, suggesting its importance for managing acute illnesses.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed outcomes for 5,858 patients across the U.S. under the waiver between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, revealing promising results, according to a Jan. 8 press release from the health system.
With a mortality rate of 0.5% and a 6.2% escalation rate (returning to the hospital for at least 24 hours), home hospital care demonstrated safety and high quality. Moreover, within 30 days of discharge, 2.6%...
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