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TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 81-85Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0053
Keywords
e-health; telemedicine; mobile health; business administration/economics
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- European Commission
- Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism [AAL-20125036]
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Objective: A systematic review of cost-utility and cost-effectiveness research works of telemedicine, electronic health (e-health), and mobile health (m-health) systems in the literature is presented. Materials and Methods: Academic databases and systems such as PubMed, Scopus, ISI Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore were searched, using different combinations of terms such as cost-utility OR cost utility AND telemedicine, cost-effectiveness OR cost effectiveness AND mobile health, etc. In the articles searched, there were no limitations in the publication date. Results: The search identified 35 relevant works. Many of the articles were reviews of different studies. Seventy-nine percent concerned the cost-effectiveness of telemedicine systems in different specialties such as teleophthalmology, telecardiology, teledermatology, etc. More articles were found between 2000 and 2013. Cost-utility studies were done only for telemedicine systems. Conclusions: There are few cost-utility and cost-effectiveness studies for e-health and m-health systems in the literature. Some cost-effectiveness studies demonstrate that telemedicine can reduce the costs, but not all. Among the main limitations of the economic evaluations of telemedicine systems are the lack of randomized control trials, small sample sizes, and the absence of quality data and appropriate measures.
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