Cost-utility and cost-effectiveness studies of telemedicine, electronic, and mobile health systems in the literature: A systematic review

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-85

  De La Torre Diéz, Isabel ^a   López Coronado, Miguel ^a   Vaca, Cesar ^a   Aguado, Jesús Saez ^a   De Castro, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

business administration economics; e health; mobile health; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MHEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH); MOBILE HEALTH SYSTEMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS; TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY;

TELEMEDICINE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84922156091     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0053     Document Type: Review

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