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[Evaluation of the experience in domiciliary hospitalization of trauma patients]
F Lamelo Alfonsín1, M Silva César, B Aldámiz-Echevarría Iraurgui
1Unidad de Hospitalización a Domicilio, Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
Objective:
To evaluate the use of "Hospital Care at home for trauma patients" from the perspective of decreasing the average hospital stay and termining the home care load engendered.
Design:
Longitudinal descriptive study.
Setting:
The Hospital Care at home unit of the Juan Canalejo hospital in La Coruña.
Patients:
Patients belonging to the city of La Coruña or adjacent towns, who were operated on during the first six months of the programme for a trauma pathology (hip fracture, coxarthrosis, gonarthrosis).
Measurements And Main Results:
The clinical records were reviewed. The following data were considered: number of patients, age, length of hospital stay, length of home follow-up, number of home medical and nursing visits required.
Conclusions:
This type of patient spends less time on average in hospital.