Design of a multi-site multi-state clinical trial of home monitoring of chronic disease in the community in australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Celler, Branko G ^a,b   Sparks, Ross ^b   Nepal, Surya ^b   Alem, Leila ^b   Varnfield, Marlien ^b   Li, Jane ^b   Jang Jaccard, Julian ^b   Mcbride, Simon J ^b   Jayasena, Rajiv ^b  

^a DPAS FlagshipeHealth Research Program   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baci design; Case matched control design; Chronic disease management; Experimental protocol; Home telehealth; Home telemonitoring; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84924032484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1270     Document Type: Article

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