Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Telemedicine Programs in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 383-393

  Chen, Jing ^a   Sun, Dalong ^a   Yang, Weiming ^a   Liu, Mingli ^a   Zhang, Shufan ^a   Peng, Jinhua ^a   Ren, Chuancheng ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

costs and cost analysis; intensive care units; meta analysis; mortality; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INTENSIVE CARE; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85048197465     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066617726942     Document Type: Review

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