Home hospital is hospital-level care at home for acutely ill patients. In multiple publications mostly in urban environments, home hospital care delivered cost-effective, high-quality, excellent experience care with similar quality and safety as traditional hospital care. Most home hospital models deliver care in urban environments, not in rural environments.~To determine the effect of home hospital care in rural homes, the investigators propose to the following randomized control trial.
This study examines the implications of providing hospital-level care in rural homes.