Can economic evaluation in telemedicine be trusted? A systematic review of the literature
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
- Vol. 7 (1), 18
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-7547-7-18
Abstract
Telemedicine has been advocated as an effective means to provide health care services over a distance. Systematic information on costs and consequences has been called for to support decision-making in this field. This paper provides a review of the quality, validity and generalisability of economic evaluations in telemedicine.Keywords
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