Comparing the costs of home telemonitoring and usual care of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A randomized controlled trial

European Research in Telemedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 35-47

  Pare G ^a   Poba Nzaou, P ^b   Sicotte, C ^c   Beaupre A ^d   Lefrancois E ^d   Nault, D ^d   Saint Jules, D ^d  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption of health services; COPD; Cost minimization analysis; Economic assessment; Home telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 84882885989     PISSN: 2212764X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurtel.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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