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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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Autores principales: 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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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8909884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052534
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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
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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 pubmed-89098842022-03-11 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 Int J Environ Res Public Health Review (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. MDPI 2022-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8909884/ /pubmed/35270227 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052534 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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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 Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8909884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35270227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052534
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