| Study | Study settings | Type of illness ‐ intervention | Hours Available | No. visits possible | Staff Qualifications | Information provided |
| Burke 1997 | Queen's University, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Children with chronic conditions ‐ stress‐point intervention for parents | Not reported.
Direct phone contact with nurse
related to 'stressors' rather than clinical events. | Not reported. | "master's prepared nurse". | Mailed summaries and reminders of families own stress points and coping strategies. |
| Dougherty 1998 | The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Newly diagnosed children with IDDM ‐ Home based treatment | 24 hour telephone consultation. | Home visits once/twice daily for first 2 ‐ 3 days, teaching visit at clinic after 2 weeks, follow‐up outpatient visits at 2 ‐ 3 months. | Diabetes treatment nurse, as part of a team of diabetes‐specialist physician, psychologist and social worker. | Teaching session, instruction and supervision in practical and theoretical aspects of treatment. |
| Sartain 2001 | Arrow Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral, UK | Acute illness (breathing difficulty, diarrhoea and vomiting or fever) ‐ Hospital at home scheme treatment | 24 hours, 7 days. Service until 2300, on‐call overnight. | 1 ‐ 4 daily | Not specified.
Participants under care of hospital consultants. | Patient information booklets detailing possible course of illness, signs and symptoms of potential deterioration, appropriate treatment, contact information. |
| Stein 1984 | Paediatric Ambulatory Care Division, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York | Heterogenous group of children with chronic illnesses ‐ Paediatric home care | Not specified. | Minimum package: initial home visit, one contact (by person or by telephone) each month for 6 months. Most participants received more. | Team of generalist paediatricians, paediatric nurse practitioners and social worker. | "Teach child and family about condition and train them in self‐care skills". |
| Stevens 2006 | University of Toronto and Sick Kid's Hospital, Toronto, Canada | Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ‐ Home chemotherapy | Not specified. | Home visits for administration of chemotherapy as per the protocol. | Trained nurse from a community health services agency administered chemotherapy, routine contact by community nurse to the oncologist if concerns. | Parents encouraged to contact primary nurse at the oncology clinic at the hospital as required |
| Strawczynski 1973 | The Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Management of bleeding in hemophilic children | 24‐hour service when incident (bleeding in children with haemophilia) occurred. | Not specified. | Specially trained nurse. | No educational intervention reported. |
| Tie 2009 | Department of General Paediatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital for children, Perth, Western Australia | Acute bronchiolitis ‐ home oxygen therapy | Not specified | "Hospital in the home (HiTH)" nurse home visit within 12 hours of hospital discharge, minimum of 2 home visits, one phone contact with parents in every 24‐hour period. | Not specified. | Parents were educated on home oxygen use and instructed on how to observe their children for signs of clinical deterioration. |
