Economic impact of remote monitoring on ordinary follow-up of implantable cardioverter defibrillators as compared with conventional in-hospital visits. A single-center prospective and randomized study

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Calò, Leonardo ^a   Gargaro, Alessio ^b   De Ruvo, Ermenegildo ^a   Palozzi, Gabriele ^c   Sciarra, Luigi ^a   Rebecchi, Marco ^a   Guarracini, Fabrizio ^a   Fagagnini, Alessandro ^a   Piroli, Enrico ^a   Lioy, Ernesto ^a   Chirico, Antonio ^c  

^a ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^b Gepin SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follow up costs; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84877583212     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-013-9783-9     Document Type: Review

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