Is telehealthcare for heart failure patients cost-effective? An economic evaluation alongside the Danish TeleCare North heart failure trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of telehealthcare in heart failure patients as add-on to usual care.

Design

A cost-utility analysis was conducted from a public payer perspective alongside the randomised controlled TeleCare North trial.

Setting

The North Denmark Region, Denmark.

Participants

The study included 274 heart failure patients with self-reported New York Heart Association class II-IV.

Interventions

Patients in the intervention group were provided with a Telekit consisting of a tablet, a digital blood pressure monitor, and a scale and were instructed to perform measurements one to two times a week. The responsibility of the education, instructions and monitoring of the heart failure (HF) patients was placed on municipa

SUBMITTER: Vestergaard AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045102 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature