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ArticleInfection2021

Hospital at home for the management of COVID-19: preliminary experience with 63 patients.

Juan M Pericàs, David Cucchiari, Orla Torrallardona-Murphy, Júlia Calvo, Júlia Serralabós, Elisenda Alvés, Aleix Agelet, Judit Hidalgo, Eduarda Alves, Eva Castells and 7 more

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Article in Infection, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Hybrid Hospital-at-Home Program in Singapore: Ethnographic Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025
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  13. Parenteral medication use in hospital at home: Challenges and opportunities.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2024
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  19. Continuous Vital Signs Monitoring in Patients Hospitalized at Home: Burden or Benefit?Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Juan M PericàsInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel Street, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain. jpericas@clinic.cat.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3645-3293
David CucchiariRenal Transplantation Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Orla Torrallardona-MurphyHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Júlia CalvoInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel Street, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
Júlia SerralabósHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Elisenda AlvésHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Aleix AgeletHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Judit HidalgoHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Eduarda AlvesInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel Street, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
Eva CastellsHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Nuria SeijasHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Carme HernándezHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Marta BodroHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Celia CardozoHospital at Home Unit, Medical and Nurse Direction, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Emmanuel ColomaInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel Street, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
David NicolásInternal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Villarroel Street, 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
Hospital Clínic 4H Team (Hospital at Home-Health Hotel)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternatives to conventional hospitalization are needed to increase health systems resilience in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. Herein, we describe the characteristics and outcomes of 63 patients admitted to a single HaH during the peak of COVID-19 in Barcelona. Our results suggest that HaH seems to be a safe and efficacious alternative to conventional hospitalization for accurately selected patients with COVID-19.

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AdultCOVID-19FemaleHome Care Services, Hospital-BasedHumansMaleMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2SpainTreatment OutcomeAlternative medical care facilitiesAlternatives to conventional hospitalizationCOVID-19Hospital at home

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PMID32995970
PMCPMC7523688

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