Why the study?
Heart failure and COPD are leading causes of disability and substantial healthcare costs, motivating an evaluation of home telemonitoring to reduce healthcare usage and costs.
Does home telemonitoring reduce hospitalizations and healthcare costs in patients with severe heart failure or COPD compared to their pre-intervention baseline?
Comparison
Home telemonitoring program plus usual hospital care vs before enrollment
Design
Retrospective observational study
Follow-up
Up to 3 years
Authors
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Telemonitoring was associated with reduced admissions in HF and costs in COPD; leaves open causality and requires RCTs before practice change.
Does home telemonitoring reduce hospitalizations and healthcare costs in patients with severe heart failure or COPD compared to their pre-intervention baseline?
Home telemonitoring added to usual care significantly reduces hospitalizations and healthcare costs in patients with severe heart failure, and reduces costs in patients with severe COPD.
Burg et al. (2020) studied this question.
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