Impact of telehealth on general practice contacts: Findings from the whole systems demonstrator cluster randomised trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bardsley, Martin ^a   Steventon, Adam ^a   Doll, Helen ^b,c  

^a The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ICON PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; General practice; Telemedicine; Telemonitoring; Workload

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84885011440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-395     Document Type: Article

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