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SynthesisTelemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association2015

Cost-utility and cost-effectiveness studies of telemedicine, electronic, and mobile health systems in the literature: a systematic review.

Isabel de la Torre-Díez, Miguel López-Coronado, Cesar Vaca, Jesús Saez Aguado, Carlos de Castro

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 205 papers, 26 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04150120 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

eHealth as an Aid for Facilitating and Supporting Self-management in Families With Long-term Childhood Illness - Development, Evaluation and Implementation in Clinical Practice

TypeinterventionalSponsorLund UniversityRan2019 to 2025Enrolled720ConditionsPreterm Birth, Pediatric Cancer, Hirschsprung Disease, Congenital MalformationArmse-health device with application, Mobile phone text messaging, early detection of cerebral palsy using a mobile phone application, Self-care for children with intravenous treatment at home
NCT04841863 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Secondary Prevention of Dug-related Problems Through Patient Empowerment Through Digital Health

TypeinterventionalSponsorFundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant PauRan2021 to 2023Enrolled200ConditionsDrug-Related ProblemsArmsMyPlan digital health platform, Satndard care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

205 citing papers in PubMed, 26 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Mobile phone-based interventions for improving contraception use.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  11. Economic Evaluation of Pharmacist-Led Digital Health Interventions: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  12. The Role of Access and Cost-Effectiveness in Managing Asthma: A Systematic Review.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022
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  14. Digital interventions in mental health: evidence syntheses and economic modelling.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022
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145 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Isabel de la Torre-Díez1 Department of Signal Theory and Communications, and Telematics Engineering, University of Valladolid , Valladolid, Spain .
Miguel López-Coronado
Cesar Vaca
Jesús Saez Aguado
Carlos de Castro

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveA 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

methodsAcademic 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.

resultsThe 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.

conclusionsThere 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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Cost-Benefit AnalysisElectronic Health RecordsHumansTelemedicinebusiness administration/economicse-healthmobile healthtelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID25474190
PMCPMC4312789

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