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Table 1 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

From: Impact of home care versus alternative locations of care on elder health outcomes: an overview of systematic reviews

Criteria

Included

Excluded

Population

Adults 65 years old or greater

 

Interventions

Home care

Acute hospital stay

Respite or short term stay (<3 months)

Comparison

Alternative long-term LOCs

Acute hospital stay

Respite or short term stay (<3 months)

Outcomes

Elders' health and wellbeing outcomes, including but not limited to: physical and physiological health, morbidity, mortality, functional status and dependence, activities, quality of life, and falls.

 

Design

Systematic reviews, with or without meta-analyses, of studies that reviewed randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, controlled before and after studies, descriptive studies, cohort studies, retrospective studies, and cross-sectional studies.

Non-systematic review studies

Conference abstracts

Individual studies