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Home Hospitalization: 15 Years of Experience
- Jeremy M. Jacobs, MBBS, BSc;
- Robert Hammerman-Rozenberg, MD; and
- Jochanan Stessman, MD
- From Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
TO THE EDITOR:
We read with interest the report by Leff and colleagues on hospital at home (1). Their findings that hospital at home led to shorter length of stay, fewer medical complications, greater patient satisfaction, and reduced cost are important additions to the evidence supporting this service. They are also similar to our experience with the Jerusalem Home Hospital program, which, since its initiation in 1991, has treated more than 13 000 patients with intensive medical, subacute, and palliative care at home instead of in the hospital.
We previously reported that decreased hospital …
