Replacing ambulatory surgical follow-up visits with mobile app home monitoring: Modeling cost-effective scenarios

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Armstrong, Kathleen A ^a,b   Semple, John L ^a,c   Coyte, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Ambulatory surgical procedures; Cost effectiveness; Mobile apps

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84928943732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3528     Document Type: Article

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