Challenges in evaluating telehealth through RCT- The problem of randomization

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 323-327

  Sharma, Urvashi ^a   Reed, Julie ^a   Doyle, Cathal ^a   Bell, Derek ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal case study; Randomized Controlled Trail; Technology evaluation; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EVALUATION STRATEGIES; HEALTHCARE RESOURCES; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION; TELEHEALTH; TELEHEALTH EVALUATION;

EHEALTH;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ARTIFACTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84872523179     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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