Cost analysis of implementing a telegeriatrics ecosystem with nursing homes: panel data analysis
| Autor: | Goh Kim Huat, Neha Agarwal, James Alvin Low, Christina Soh, Adrian Yeow, Toh Hui Jin, Laurence Tan Lean Chin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
021103 operations research
business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy 0211 other engineering and technologies Health Informatics 02 engineering and technology Telehealth Original Articles medicine.disease Archival research Cost savings 03 medical and health sciences medicine Cost analysis Outpatient clinic Medical emergency Nurse education 0305 other medical science Nursing homes business health care economics and organizations Panel data |
| Zdroj: | Health Syst (Basingstoke) |
| ISSN: | 2047-6965 |
| Popis: | Our study analyzed the economicimpact of a telegeriatrics programme on care of nursing homeresidents, from the healthcare system provider's perspective. Thisis a retrospective, archival data analysis of multiple data sourcesin 4 nursing homes of Singapore from 2010 to 2015. Individualsadmitted to nursing homes and have undergone telemedicineconsultations (N=859) from 2010 to 2015 were recruited. Weconducted a cost analysis of the programme by reviewing pasthospital admissions' and specialist outpatient clinic (SOC) visits'billing records, nurse training records, and key performanceindicators' reports. A significant relationship was observed betweenteleconsultations and SOC visit cost (β1 = -83.366, p-value |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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