A systematic review of the key indicators for assessing telehomecare cost-effectiveness

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 896-904

  Rojas, Stephanie Vergara ^a,b   Gagnon, Marie Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Literature review; Telehomecare

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES; COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS; HEALTH CONDITIONS; HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS; KEY INDICATORS; LITERATURE REVIEW; RELATIVE COSTS; SYNTHESIS OF; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; TELEHEALTH; TELEHOMECARE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEHEALTH;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 57049168750     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0009     Document Type: Review

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