Cost-effectiveness of a telehealth intervention for in-home dementia care support: Findings from the FamTechCare clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: Determining the cost-effectiveness of technological interventions is a crucial aspect in assuring these interventions can be adopted. The FamTechCare intervention is an innovative telehealth support that links family caregivers of persons living with dementia to tailored feedback from dementia care experts based on caregiver-initiated video recordings of challenging care situations. The FamTechCare intervention has demonstrated significant reductions in caregiver depression and increases in caregiver competence when compared to standard telephone support. The purpose of this article is to report on the cost-effectiveness of the FamTechCare telehealth intervention. Process-based costing and a cost-effectiveness analysis using the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was completed wit

SUBMITTER: Shaw CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature