Effect of Advanced Care at Home vs. Traditional Brick-and-Mortar Hospital Care in Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients, 18 years of age and older.
• Present to one of the participating hospitals.
• Have a chief complaint of one of the target diagnoses.
• Are within a certain geographical area (based on zip codes).
• Have a health insurance plan that covers ACH services.
• Have the capacity to consent or could assent with the consent of a health care proxywho is physically present.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient is not suitable for ACH or inpatient hospital care based on:
• being a nursing home patient;
• on or requiring dialysis;
• positive for COVID-19;
• having discharge order;
• requiring intensive care unit (ICU) level of care;
• history of drug abuse.
• Patients will also need to meet the clinical stability criteria.
• Do not have the capacity to consent or assent with the assistance of a health careproxy.