What do systematic reviews say?

Day hospitals vs alternative care or no care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death or institutional care by the end of compared with alternative care or no care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.85 [0.63, 1.14]
  13 studies · 3030 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs comprehensive care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in deterioration in ADL in survivors compared with comprehensive care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 1.21 [0.58, 2.52]
  1 study · 149 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs alternative care or no care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death or deterioration in activities of daily living (ADL) compared with alternative care or no care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 1.07 [0.76, 1.49]
  7 studies · 1268 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs alternative care or no care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death or poor outcome (institutional care, disability or… compared with alternative care or no care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.92 [0.74, 1.15]
  13 studies · 2831 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs alternative care or no care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in deterioration in ADL in survivors Various ADL measures compared with alternative care or no care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 1.11 [0.68, 1.8]
  7 studies · 905 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs no comprehensive care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death by the end of compared with no comprehensive care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.88 [0.63, 1.22]
  4 studies · 1345 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs no comprehensive care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death or institutional care by the end of compared with no comprehensive care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.63 [0.4, 1]
  4 studies · 1177 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs no comprehensive care

Day hospitals showed no clear difference in death or deterioration in ADL compared with no comprehensive care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.76 [0.56, 1.05]
  2 studies · 651 participants
  Low

Day hospitals vs no comprehensive care

Day hospitals may leads to lower death or poor outcome (institutional care, disability or… compared with no comprehensive care (low certainty).

• Medical day hospital care for older people versus alternative forms of care 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.72 [0.53, 0.99]
  3 studies · 982 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  16 studies · 5239 participants
  High

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  11 studies · 4529 participants
  Moderate

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 482 participants
  Moderate

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  16 studies · 2768 participants
  High

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 4 participants
  Moderate

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  4 studies · 1770 participants
  Moderate

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 277 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  9 studies · 2208 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interactive telemedicine: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  6 studies · 453 participants
  Moderate

Comparison 1: provision of electronic health information vs printed health information

• Interventions to increase the use of electronic health information by healthcare practitioners to improve clinical… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  96 studies · 139 participants
  Low

Intervention not reported

• Interventions to increase the use of electronic health information by healthcare practitioners to improve clinical… 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 10 participants
  Low