Home-based telehealth hospitalization for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Findings from "the Virtual Hospital" Trial

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 364-373

  Jakobsen, Anna Svarre ^a   Laursen, Lars C ^b   Rydahl Hansen, Susan ^a   Østergaard, Birte ^c   Gerds, Thomas Alexander ^d   Emme, Christina ^a   Schou, Lone ^a   Phanareth, Klaus ^a  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

home health monitoring; telehealth; telemedicine; telenursing

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TELEMEDICINE; VENTILATION;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIVES; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; NON-INVASIVE VENTILATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TELEHEALTH; TELENURSING;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

AGE; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84929157397     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0098     Document Type: Article

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