Medicare payments, healthcare service use, and telemedicine implementation costs in a randomized trial comparing telemedicine case management with usual care in medically underserved participants with diabetes mellitus (IDEATel)

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Palmas, Walter ^a   Shea, Steven ^a,b,c   Starren, Justin ^c,d   Teresi, Jeanne A ^e,f   Ganz, Michael L ^g   Burton, Tanya M ^h   Pashos, Chris L ^g   Blustein, Jan ^h   Field, Lesley ^a   Morin, Philip C ⁱ   Izquierdo, Roberto E ⁱ   Silver, Stephanie ^e   Eimicke, Joseph P ^e   Lantigua, Rafael A ^a   Weinstock, Ruth S ^i,j  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Marshield Clinic   (United States)

^e Research Division   (United States)

^f NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Abt Bio Pharma Solutions Inc   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MEDICARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953164716     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.002592     Document Type: Article

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