Provider Resource Use

Uses

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Acute team nurses accounted for the largest share of total time across all provider groups, with a mean effective working time of 742 minutes per treatment course. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study
• Acute team nurses spent a mean of 43 minutes per treatment course communicating with ED physicians, the largest share of their communication time. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study
• Only 49% of patients received visits from municipal home nurses, and only 25% received visits from municipal care staff, meaning the majority of patients were managed by the acute team alone. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study
• Intravenous medication administration and vital sign assessments were the most frequent services delivered by acute team nurses. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study
• Variation in resource use was most pronounced for direct treatment and care activities and for acute team transport time, reflecting heterogeneity in patient complexity, local organisation, and geography. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study
• Geography influenced recorded times, particularly for transport and communication, limiting direct transferability of time estimates to other settings. — Feasibility of micro-costing for hospital-at-home in Danish municipalities: a prospective pilot study