[Italy] A transitional care program in a technologically monitored in-hospital facility reduces the length of hospital stay and improves multidimensional frailty in older patients: a randomized clinical trial

[Italy] A transitional care program in a technologically monitored in-hospital facility reduces the length of hospital stay and improves multidimensional frailty in older patients: a randomized clinical trial
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research; by Alberto Pilotto, Wanda Morganti, Marina Barbagelata, Emanuele Seminerio, Simona Morelli, Romina Custureri, Simone Dini, Barbara Senesi, Camilla Prete, Gianluca Puleo, Carlo Berutti Bergotto, Francesco Vallone, Carlo Custodero, Antonio Camurri, PRO‐HOME Project Investigators Group; 8/24
Multidimensional frailty is a reversible condition that can be improved by reduced LOS [length of stay]. Longer length of hospital stay (LOS) negatively affects the organizational efficiency of public health systems and both clinical and functional aspects of older patients. Data on the effects of transitional care programs based on multicomponent interventions to reduce LOS of older patients are scarce and controversial. The PRO-HOME transitional care program reduces LOS and multidimensional frailty in hospitalized older patients.