Hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation for coronary artery disease in Australia: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs are centre-based and clinically supervised, with their safety and effectiveness well established. Notwithstanding the established benefits, cardiac rehabilitation remains underutilised. A possible alternative would be a hybrid approach where both centre-based and tele-based methods are combined to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to eligible patients. The objective of this study was to determine the long-term cost-effectiveness of a hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation and if it should be recommended to be implemented in the Australian context.

Methods

Following a comprehensive literature search, we chose the Telerehab III trial intervention that investigated the effectiveness of a long-term hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation

SUBMITTER: Senanayake S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10198753 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature