The Cost Impact of Telehealth Interventions in Pediatric Surgical Specialties: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telehealth is a rapidly expanding care modality in the United States. Pediatric surgical patients often require complex care which can incur significant expenses, some of which may be alleviated by telehealth. We performed a systematic review comparing telehealth and in-person visits, and telehealth's impacts on the cost of healthcare across pediatric surgical specialties.

Methods

A systematic review was performed using the following databases: PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus (Elsevier), and CINAHL (EBSCOHost), searched from inception to July 10th, 2022. Studies were included per the following criteria: (1) investigated a telehealth intervention for pediatric surgical care and (2) provided some metric of telehealth cost compared to an in-person visit. Non-English or stud

SUBMITTER: Jungbauer WN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10121966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature