Benefits of a telepsychiatry consultation service for rural nursing home residents

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-40

  Rabinowitz, Terry ^a   Murphy, Katharine M ^a   Amour, Judith L ^a   Ricci, Michael A ^a   Caputo, Michael P ^b   Newhouse, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home residents; Nursing homes; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION SERVICES; IN-PERSON CARE; IS COSTS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL COSTS; ROUNDTRIP; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TIME SAVINGS; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TRAVEL TIME;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; HOSPITALS; NURSING; PERSONNEL; RURAL AREAS; TELEMEDICINE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRY; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76349109253     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2009.0088     Document Type: Article

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