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Table 4 Health outcomes reported by included systematic reviews

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

Author, year

Function/independence

Satisfaction

Mortality

Healthcare usage

Institutional care

Caregiver outcomes

Falls

Cognition

Symptom burden

Quality of life

Mental health

Death at home

Home with support versus independent living at home (n = 11)

van Haastregt, 2000 [23]

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

ND

   

ND

 

Markle-Reid, 2006 [21]

+

 

+

+

+

+

      

Huss, 2008 [22]

+

 

+

(for lowest age quartile)

 

ND

       

Beswick, 2010 [20]

Mixed

 

ND

 

+

 

+

     

Mehta, 2011, [18]

ND

        

+ (at 3 months)

+ (at 6 months)

  

Turner, 2011 [28]

      

ND

     

Fens, 2013, [19]

ND

        

Mixed

  

You, 2013 [25]

   

+

+

       

Bryant-Lukosius, 2015 [24]

 

ND

ND

+

 

+

      

Reilly, 2015 [26]

  

ND

ND

+

+ (at 6 months)

 

+

 

ND

  

Liu, 2015 [27]

+

     

ND

+

 

ND

  

Home care versus institutional care (n = 3)

Mottram, 2002 [7]

ND

  

ND

     

ND

ND

 

Gomes, 2013 [30]

        

+

  

+

Wysocki, 2015, [29]

ND

ND

 

ND

   

ND

  

ND

 

Rehabilitation at home versus conventional rehabilitation services (n = 7)

Britton, 2000, [32]

ND

        

ND

  

Toussant, 2005, [34]

ND

         

ND

 

Hillier, 2010, [33]

+

     

+

     

Mehta, 2011, [18]

ND

        

+ (at 3 months)

+ (at 6 months)

  

Allen, 2012, [35]

ND

      

ND

 

ND

  

Fens, 2013, [19]

ND

        

ND

  

Brown, 2015 [31]

ND

 

ND

IE

ND

ND

      
  1. Referencing home with support, community dwelling, or rehabilitation at home, respectively
  2. (+) = favourable, (-) = unfavourable, ND no difference, IE insufficient evidence