Costs and financial benefits of video communication compared to usual care at home: A systematic review

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Peeters, José M ^a   Mistiaen, Patriek ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 82955229513     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.110405     Document Type: Article

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