Is cardiac consultation with remote-controlled real-time echocardiography a wise use of resources?

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-438

  Löfgren, Curt ^a   Boman, Kurt ^a,b   Olofsson, Mona ^b   Lindholm, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skelleftea County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac consultation; Costbenefit; Diagnostics; Distance; Echocardiography; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CONSULTATION; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COSTBENEFIT; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DIAGNOSTICS; DISTANCE; HEART FAILURE; LARGE SCALE TESTS; NEW SYSTEM; QUALITY OF CARE; SOCIETAL COSTS; SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS; TIME COST; TRAVEL TIME; TRAVELING TIME;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REMOTE CONTROL; TELEMEDICINE;

COSTS;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SWEDEN; TELECONSULTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 67650848409     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0148     Document Type: Article

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