Costs of remote monitoring vs. ambulatory follow-ups of implanted cardioverter defibrillators in the randomized ECOST study

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1181-1188

  Guédon Moreau, Laurence ^a   Lacroix, Dominique ^a   Sadoul, Nicolas ^b   Clémenty, Jacques ^c   Kouakam, Claude ^a   Hermida, Jean Sylvain ^d   Aliot, Etienne ^b   Kacet, Salem ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Costs; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Remote monitoring; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; TELECARDIOLOGY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FRANCE; HOSPITAL COST; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905641283     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu012     Document Type: Article

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