An estimation of economic effects of tele-home-care: Hospital cost-savings of the elderly

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 858-862

  Tsuji, Masatsugu ^a   Miyahara, Shoichi ^b   Taoka, Fumio ^c   Teshima, Masaaki ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hospitalization costs; Logistic curves; Tele home care

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COSTS; LOGISTIC CURVES; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES;

COST ESTIMATING;

AGED; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MULTIMEDIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; COST SAVINGS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIMEDIA; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84888025344     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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