Selected Use of Telemedicine in Intensive Care Units Based on Severity of Illness Improves Cost-Effectiveness

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 21-36

  Yoo, Byung Kwang ^a   Kim, Minchul ^b   Sasaki, Tomoko ^c   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^a   Marcin, James P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost saving; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Intensive care units; Telehealth; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; DISEASES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TELEMEDICINE;

BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS; COST SAVING; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; TELEHEALTH;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; TRENDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85040819475     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0069     Document Type: Article

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