Estimating travel reduction associated with the use of telemedicine by patients and healthcare professionals: proposal for quantitative synthesis in a systematic review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A major benefit offered by telemedicine is the avoidance of travel, by patients, their carers and health care professionals. Unfortunately, there is very little published information about the extent of avoided travel. We propose to...

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Main Authors: Bahaadinbeigy Kambiz, Wootton Richard, Hailey David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/185