Cost-effectiveness of telehealthcare to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from the Danish 'TeleCare North' cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the cost-effectiveness of a telehealthcare solution in addition to usual care compared with usual care.

Design

A 12-month cost-utility analysis conducted alongside a cluster-randomised trial.

Setting

Community-based setting in the geographical area of North Denmark Region in Denmark.

Participants

26 municipality districts define randomisation clusters with 13 districts in each arm. 1225 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were enrolled, of which 578 patients were randomised to telehealthcare and 647 to usual care.

Interventions

In addition to usual care, patients in the intervention group received a set of telehealthcare equipment and were monitored by a municipality-based healthcare team. Patients in the control

SUBMITTER: Witt Udsen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5541337 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature