Telemedicine for Stroke: Quantifying the Long-Term National Costs and Health Benefits.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Few countries have established national programs to maximize access and reduce operational overheads. We aimed to use patient-level data up to 12 months to model the potential long-term costs and health benefits attributable to implementing such a program for Australia.

Methods

A Markov model was created for Australia with an inception population of 10,000 people with stroke presenting to non-urban or suburban hospitals without stroke medical specialists that could receive stroke telemedicine under a national program. Seven Markov states represented the seven modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores (0 no disability to 6 dead) plus an absorbing state for all other causes of death. The literature informed inputs for the model; for the telemedicine program (including progr

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9265143 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature