Home Hospitalization Reduced Cost, Health Care Use & Readmissions

Home hospitalization reduced consumer costs, reduced health care use, and resulted in readmission rates below that of consumers who were treated in a hospital. The mean cost of an acute care episode was about 38% lower for home hospital consumers compared to those who received traditional inpatient care. The 30-day hospital readmission rate for consumers receiving home hospital care was about 69% lower, at 7% for the home hospital compared to 23% for those in the comparison group.

Utilization Differences Between Home Hospital & Traditional Inpatient Care

Home Hospital
Traditional Inpatient

Laboratory orders (median)

3

15

Imaging studies (median . . .