Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States
(1) Background: The aim of this systematic review was to compare the cost-effectiveness of two follow-up methods (face-to-face and telemedicine) used in dermatology in the last ten years. (2) Methods: A search for articles that included economic analyses was conducted in August 2021 in the databases...
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| author | López Liria, Remedios Valverde-Martínez, María Ángeles López-Villegas, Antonio Bautista-Mesa, Rafael Jesús Vega-Ramírez, Francisco Antonio Peiró, Salvador Leal-Costa, Cesar |
| author_facet | López Liria, Remedios Valverde-Martínez, María Ángeles López-Villegas, Antonio Bautista-Mesa, Rafael Jesús Vega-Ramírez, Francisco Antonio Peiró, Salvador Leal-Costa, Cesar |
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| description | (1) Background: The aim of this systematic review was to compare the cost-effectiveness of two follow-up methods (face-to-face and telemedicine) used in dermatology in the last ten years. (2) Methods: A search for articles that included economic analyses was conducted in August 2021 in the databases PubMed, Medline, Scielo and Scopus using the following keywords: “Cost–Benefit Analysis”, “Dermatology”, “Telemedicine”, “Primary Health Care”, as well as other search terms and following the PICOS eligibility criteria. (3) Results: Three clinical trials and five observational studies were analyzed, providing information for approximately 16,539 patients (including four cost-minimization or saving analyses, three cost-effectiveness analyses, and one cost–utility analysis) in Europe and the United States. They describe the follow-up procedures in each of the cases and measure and analyze the direct and indirect costs and effectiveness. All the articles indicate that teledermatology lowers costs and proves satisfactory to both patients and professionals. (4) Conclusions: Although it has been found that follow-up via teledermatology can be more efficient than traditional hospital follow-up, more work is needed to establish evaluation protocols and procedures that measure key variables more equally and demonstrate the quality of the evidence of said studies. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-133112023-04-12T19:18:03Z Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States López Liria, Remedios Valverde-Martínez, María Ángeles López-Villegas, Antonio Bautista-Mesa, Rafael Jesús Vega-Ramírez, Francisco Antonio Peiró, Salvador Leal-Costa, Cesar cost–benefit analysis follow-up studies health-related quality of life pacemakers teledermatology telemedicine (1) Background: The aim of this systematic review was to compare the cost-effectiveness of two follow-up methods (face-to-face and telemedicine) used in dermatology in the last ten years. (2) Methods: A search for articles that included economic analyses was conducted in August 2021 in the databases PubMed, Medline, Scielo and Scopus using the following keywords: “Cost–Benefit Analysis”, “Dermatology”, “Telemedicine”, “Primary Health Care”, as well as other search terms and following the PICOS eligibility criteria. (3) Results: Three clinical trials and five observational studies were analyzed, providing information for approximately 16,539 patients (including four cost-minimization or saving analyses, three cost-effectiveness analyses, and one cost–utility analysis) in Europe and the United States. They describe the follow-up procedures in each of the cases and measure and analyze the direct and indirect costs and effectiveness. All the articles indicate that teledermatology lowers costs and proves satisfactory to both patients and professionals. (4) Conclusions: Although it has been found that follow-up via teledermatology can be more efficient than traditional hospital follow-up, more work is needed to establish evaluation protocols and procedures that measure key variables more equally and demonstrate the quality of the evidence of said studies. 2022-02-23T18:19:48Z 2022-02-23T18:19:48Z 2022-02-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13311 10.3390/ijerph19052534 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/5/2534 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | cost–benefit analysis follow-up studies health-related quality of life pacemakers teledermatology telemedicine López Liria, Remedios Valverde-Martínez, María Ángeles López-Villegas, Antonio Bautista-Mesa, Rafael Jesús Vega-Ramírez, Francisco Antonio Peiró, Salvador Leal-Costa, Cesar Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title | Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title_full | Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title_fullStr | Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title_short | Teledermatology versus Face-to-Face Dermatology: An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness from Eight Studies from Europe and the United States |
| title_sort | teledermatology versus face-to-face dermatology: an analysis of cost-effectiveness from eight studies from europe and the united states |
| topic | cost–benefit analysis follow-up studies health-related quality of life pacemakers teledermatology telemedicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/13311 |
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