To evaluate the use of "Hospital Care at home for trauma patients" from the perspective of decreasing the average hospital stay and termining the home care load engendered.
Longitudinal descriptive study.
The Hospital Care at home unit of the Juan Canalejo hospital in La Coruña.
Patients belonging to the city of La Coruña or adjacent towns, who were operated on during the first six months of the programme for a trauma pathology (hip fracture, coxarthrosis, gonarthrosis).
The clinical records were reviewed. The following data were considered: number of patients, age, length of hospital stay, length of home follow-up, number of home medical and nursing visits required.
This type of patient spends less time on average in hospital.