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Skilled Nursing Facility at Home Trial
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Summary
Skilled Nursing Facility at Home is a multicenter randomized control trial that aims to evaluate a home-based model of providing post-acute care (PAC). We will enroll 650 hospitalized patients who require rehabilitation and/or skilled-nursing support upon discharge and randomly assign them to an intervention (home-based PAC) or control arm (facility-based PAC). Our design includes two different health systems in Massachusetts: Baystate Health and UMass Memorial Health. We will perform 1:1 randomization between the intervention and control arm using a permuted block design, with stratification by clinical site and payor group. The primary outcome of the trial will be the difference in hospital readmission and mortality rates from the time of enrollment to 30 days after enrollment. Secondary clinical, functional, and cost outcomes include length of stay in PAC, difference in health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and healthcare cost and utilization.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
650
Start Date
2024-08-26
Completion Date
2027-05
Last Updated
2026-03-11
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Sub-Acute Rehab at Home
Patients randomized to the intervention group will receive skilled nursing and rehabilitative care at home upon discharge from the hospital, or when eligible for skilled-nursing facility care when requiring a step up in services at home. Home care will be delivered and overseen by a multidisciplinary clinical team, which will develop individualized care plans based on diagnosis, specific rehabilitation objectives, and broader goals of care.
Locations (2)
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States