A comprehensive evaluation of the impact of telemonitoring in patients with long-term conditions and social care needs: Protocol for the whole systems demonstrator cluster randomised trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bower, Peter ^a   Cartwright, Martin ^b   Hirani, Shashivadan P ^b   Barlow, James ^c   Hendy, Jane ^c   Knapp, Martin ^d,e   Henderson, Catherine ^d   Rogers, Anne ^a   Sanders, Caroline ^a   Bardsley, Martin ^f   Steventon, Adam ^f   Fitzpatrick, Raymond ^g   Doll, Helen ^g   Newman, Stanton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 79961110491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-184     Document Type: Article

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