References that Validate the Community Acute/Post Acute Care (CAPAC) Model of Care

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2005 Catalogue 3222.0 - Population Projections, Australia, 2004 to 2101. Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Ackerman, R.J., Kemle, K.A., 1998, ‘The Effect of a Physician Assistant on the Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents,’ Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 46:610-614.

Boockvar, S., Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Burton, L., Zimmerman, S., May, C., and Magaziner, J., 2005 ‘Outcomes of Infection in Nursing Home Residents with and without Early Hospital Transfer', Journal of the American Geriatric Society, Vol 53:4, 590-596. medline ui 15817003

Burton, L. Leff, B. Harper, M. Ghostagore, I. Steinwachs, D. Greenough, W. Burton, J. 1998. ‘Acceptability to patients of a Home Hospital’, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol 46(5):605-609.

Caplan, G.A., Ward, J.A., Brennan, N.J., Coconis, J., Board, N., and Brown, A., 1999, ‘Hospital in the home; a randomised controlled trial.’ Medical Journal of Australia, 170:156-160.

Corwin, P. Toop, L. McGeoch, G. Than, M. Wynn-Thomas, S. Wells, E. Dawson, R. Abernethy, P. Pithie, A. Chambers, S. Fletcher, L. Richards, D. 2005. Randomised controlled trial of intravenous antibiotic treatment for cellulitis at home compared with hosptial. British Medical Journal, Vol 330: 129

Donald, M. Marlow, N. Swinburn, E. Wu, M. 2005. Emergency department management of home intravenous antibiotic therapy for cellulitis. Emergency Medicine Journal 22:715-717.

Jones, J. Wilson, A. Parker, H. Wynn, A. Jagger, C. Spiers, N. Parker, G. 1999. Economic Evaluation of Hospital at Home versus hospital care: cost minimisation analysis of data from randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 319: 1547-1550.

Maaravi, Y. Cohen, A. Hammerman-Rozenberg, R. Stessman, J. 2002. Home Hospitalization, Long term care around the globe. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 3(2):114-118

MacIntyre, C.R. Ruth, D. and Ansari, Z. 2002. ‘Hospital in the Home is cost saving for appropriately selected patients: a comparison with in-hospital care’. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 14(4):285-293.
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NSW Health, 2004 .  Final Draft of - Beyond the hospital gate: acute/post acute care in the community – directions in NSW, NSW Department of Health pg 7.

Ouslander, J.G., 1989, ‘Medical Care in the Nursing Home.’ Journal of the American Medical Association, 262:18, 2582-2590. 

Richards, D. Toop, L. Epton, M. McGeoch, G. Town, G. Wynn-Thomas, S. Dawson, R. Hlavac, M. Werno, A & Abernathy, P. 2005. ‘Home management of mild to moderately severe community acquired pneumonia: a randomised controlled trial' Medical Journal of Australia Vol 183.5:235-238.

Wilson, S. Shorten, B. Marks, R. 2005. Costing the ambulatory episode: implications of total or partial substitution of hospital care. Australian Health Review. 29:3, 360-365.

 

Date created: 17th Oct 2006 | Date reviewed: 17th Oct 2006