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The intervention was performed according to medical considerations by a specialised team, and this study was done retrospectively to evaluate it.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary measures included healthcare costs, length of hospitalisation, referrals for further medical services and mortality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Costs of home hospitalisation were lower compared with traditional hospitalisation (6056 vs 9619 NIS for pneumonia, 6011 vs 9767 NIS for cellulitis, 6466 vs 8552 NIS for UTI and p value&lt;0.05). The length of home hospitalisations was shorter for pneumonia and cellulitis (5.01 vs 6.05\u2009days, p value 0.001 and 5.3 vs 6.1\u2009days, p value&lt;0.001, respectively). Likewise, for pneumonia and cellulitis, home-hospitalised patients had fewer ED referrals 30 days after discharge (13.7% vs 24%,\u2009p value&lt;0.001 and 13.5% vs 19.8%, p value 0.002, respectively). No differences were found in recurrent hospitalisation and mortality 7 and 30 days after discharge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Primary care physicians should consider home hospitalisation for these diagnoses as an alternative to traditional hospitalisation. 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