Home-based post-acute care
Home-based post-acute care has been studied in 2 papers since 2022: 2 observational studies in people. The newest paper, Apr 23, 2022: “Comparison of Highly Intensive Home-Based Post-acute Care to Inpatient Program for Patients With Fragility Fractures After Surgery”.
2 papers study it2 findingsUpdated
“The home-based group showed significant improvements in BI and HHS compared to the controls (p = 0.018 and p = 0.029, respectively).”
None of its findings points the other way.
- 1 lab
- Humans2
What did studies of Home-based post-acute care find?
2Studies of Home-based post-acute care measured 2 outcomes; the most studied are activities of daily living (1 study) and physical function (1).
Activities of daily living
upin humans1
1 study
Activities of daily living
upin humans1
Home-based post-acute care improves activities of daily living in humans (5.8 (95% CI 3.0 to 8.5)).
“Patients in the HPAC group displayed greater improvement than the IPAC group on Barthel Index for activities of daily living (ADLs) by 5.8 (95% confidence interval, 3.0 to 8.5).”
Humansafter surgery for hip, knee, or spine fragility fractures
Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation
Physical function
upin humans1
1 study
Physical function
upin humans1
Home-based post-acute care improves physical function in humans (p = 0.018).
“The home-based group showed significant improvements in BI and HHS compared to the controls (p = 0.018 and p = 0.029, respectively).”
Human trialhip fracture after surgery
Efficacy and cost-effectiveness analysis of post-acute care for elderly patients with hip fractures
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi