An economic evaluation of the Japanese telehealth system by CVM: Comparison of four regions

Proceedings - 5th International Workshop on Enterprise Networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, HealthCom 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 24-28

  Tsuji, M ^a   Suzuki, W ^a   Taoka, F ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cities and towns; Cost accounting; Cost benefit analysis; Electrocardiography; Environmental economics; Insurance; Local government; Medical diagnostic imaging; Remuneration

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMERCE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INSURANCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESOURCE VALUATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CITIES AND TOWNS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; REMUNERATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943638535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2003.1218714     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. M. Tsuji, S. Miyahara, and F. Taoka "An Estimation of Economic Effects of Tele-Home-Care: Hospital Cost-Savings of the Elderly," in Medinfo 2001, Patel, V. L., R. Rogers, and R. Haux, eds., London: IOS Press, 2001, pp. 825-33.
2. M. Tsuji, "The Telehomecare/telehealth System in Japan," Business Briefing: Global HealthCare, pp. 72-6, London, Jan. 2002
3. M. Tsuji, W. Suzuki, F. Taoka, K. Kamata, H. Ohsaka, and T. Teshima, "An Empirical Analysis of the Assessment of the Tele-Home-Care System and Burden of Costs: Based on a Survey on Kamaishi City" (in Japanese), Japan Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 76-89, April 2002.
4. M. Tsuji, W. Suzuki, and F. Taoka, "Home-Medical-Care and IT: For the Future Diffusion of the Telehealth System" (in Japanese), Japanese Journal of Cancer Chemother, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 439-42, December 2002.
5. M. Tsuji, and W. Suzuki, "An Application of CVM for Assessing the Telehealth System: An Analysis of the Discrepancy between WTP and WTA Based on Survey Data," Japan Center for Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 69, Tokyo, September 2001.