Critical appraisal of published systematic reviews assessing the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine studies

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 609-618

  Mistry, Hema ^a,b   Garnvwa, Hyeladzira ^b   Oppong, Raymond ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; economics; systematic review; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; TELEMEDICINE;

ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ELECTRONIC DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDLINE; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE APPLICATION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLICATIONS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84903575581     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0259     Document Type: Review

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