Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Andrew Wilson
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care
University of Leicester
Leicester General Hospital
Gwendolen Road
Leicester
LE5 4PW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 258 4367
aw7@le.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
PSI10-23
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To compare Hospital at Home (HAH) with hospital care for patients suitable for acute care in Hospital at Home.
Ethics approval
Approved by Leicestershire Health's research ethics committee
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not applicable
Intervention
1. Hospital at home
2. Hospital admission
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Mortality
2. Change in health status (Barthel, SIP 68)
3. Patient satisfaction
4. Service inputs
5. Length of stay
6. Discharge destination
7. Re-admission rates
8. Total days of care
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/1995
Overall trial end date
01/05/1999
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients suitable for hospital at home.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/06/1995
Recruitment end date
01/05/1999
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care
Leicester
LE5 4PW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Primary and Secondary Care Interface National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 1999 main results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10591717
2. 1999 results on cost effectiveness in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10591720
3. 2002 results on patient satisfaction in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11791829
Publication citations
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Main results
Wilson A, Parker H, Wynn A, Jagger C, Spiers N, Jones J, Parker G, Randomised controlled trial of effectiveness of Leicester hospital at home scheme compared with hospital care., BMJ, 1999, 319, 7224, 1542-1546.
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Results on cost effectiveness
Jones J, Wilson A, Parker H, Wynn A, Jagger C, Spiers N, Parker G, Economic evaluation of hospital at home versus hospital care: cost minimisation analysis of data from randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 1999, 319, 7224, 1547-1550.
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Results on patient satisfaction
Wilson A, Wynn A, Parker H, Patient and carer satisfaction with 'hospital at home': quantitative and qualitative results from a randomised controlled trial., Br J Gen Pract, 2002, 52, 474, 9-13.