TY  -  JOUR 
TI  - A systematic review of the key indicators for assessing telehomecare cost-effectiveness.
PY  - 2008
issn 1530-5627
AB  - Telehomecare is considered one of the most successful applications of telehealth. However, despite increasing evidence of telehomecare benefits, the diffusion of these services is still limited. Decision-makers need strong evidence in order to expand the development of telehomecare to various populations, regions, and health conditions. The objective of this review is to provide a basis for decision-making by identifying common indicators from the literature on telehomecare. A comprehensive review of the literature on the cost-effectiveness of telehomecare was conducted in specialized bibliographic databases. A total of 23 studies met the inclusion criteria. First, selected studies were analyzed to identify and classify the indicators that better addressed the cost-effectiveness impacts of telehomecare projects. Then, a synthesis of the evidence was done by exploring the relative cost-effectiveness of telehomecare applications. The analyses show that there is fair evidence of cost-effectiveness for many telehomecare applications. However, the heterogeneity among cost-effectiveness indicators in the applications reviewed and the methodological limitations of the studies impede the possibility of generalizing the findings.
KW  - Economía
KW  - Econometría
KW  - Economics
KW  - Econometrics models
KW  - Indicadores
KW  - Revisión sistemática
KW  - Telesalud
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78325
ER  -