====== Home Hospitalization ======
Global [[trend]]s, such as the [[population]] [[aging]], the increase of chronic [[morbidity]], soaring [[cost]]s of [[healthcare]] services, and work overload in [[hospital]]s raise the need to find innovative solutions for providing [[quality]] medical services. One solution adopted by healthcare systems around the world is "home hospitalization," that is, providing an array of necessary health services in the patient's home, instead of in the [[hospital]] department. 

The aim of a focus article wass to explore the spread of home hospitalization worldwide and examine the challenges and pathways for its adoption and implementation. Many countries, including the [[United States]], [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Australia]], operate home-based hospitalization programs. In [[Israel]], the service is in its infancy, but in view of the extreme workload and the high [[mortality]] rate from [[infection]]s in acute care hospitals, home hospitalization has recently gained public interest and political support, which may encourage its further development
((Levi B, Borow M, Wapner L, Feldman Z. Home Hospitalization Worldwide and in
Israel. Isr Med Assoc J. 2019 Aug;21(8):565-567. PubMed PMID: 31474024.
))