The impact of telehealth support for patients with diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on unscheduled secondary care utilisation: A service evaluation

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Lee, Andrew C K ^a,b   Oliver, Simon ^a   Fletcher, Kate ^a   Robinson, Jean ^a  

^a NHS Nottingham   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Evaluation; Self management; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84882970323     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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