Doolittle G C
TeleMedicine Services, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA.
J Telemed Telecare. 2000;6 Suppl 1:S193-5. doi: 10.1258/1357633001934645.
A telehospice service is one in which telemedicine is used to provide hospice care in the home. To date, there have been few studies addressing the cost of home-based telemedical care, and none that specifically addresses cost-effectiveness for telehospice recipients. We measured costs for traditional hospice care as well as those associated with launching and operating a telehospice service. The costs were tallied over two separate three-month periods. For the first study period, costs were measured for traditional hospice home visits. During the second, expenses were monitored for traditional (in-person) and telehospice visits. For traditional care, the cost per visit was $126 and $141, for the first and secod time periods, respectively. The average telehospice visit cost was $29.
远程临终关怀服务是一种利用远程医疗为居家患者提供临终关怀的服务。迄今为止，很少有研究探讨居家远程医疗护理的成本，也没有专门针对远程临终关怀接受者成本效益的研究。我们测量了传统临终关怀护理的成本以及开展和运营远程临终关怀服务的相关成本。这些成本在两个不同的三个月期间进行了统计。在第一个研究期间，测量了传统临终关怀家庭访视的成本。在第二个期间，监测了传统（面对面）和远程临终关怀访视的费用。对于传统护理，第一次和第二次期间每次访视的成本分别为126美元和141美元。远程临终关怀访视的平均成本为29美元。
