Telephone Consultation as a Substitute for Routine Out-patient Face-to-face Consultation for Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Randomised Controlled Trial and Economic Evaluation

Telephone Consultation as a Substitute for Routine Out-patient Face-to-face Consultation for Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Randomised Controlled Trial and Economic Evaluation

Background: Evidence for the use of telephone consultation in childhood inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is lacking. We aimed to assess the effectiveness and cost consequences of telephone consultation compared with the usual out-patient face-to-face consultation for young people with IBD. Methods:...

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Main Authors: Anthony K. Akobeng, Neil O'Leary, Andy Vail, Nailah Brown, Dono Widiatmoko, Andrew Fagbemi, Adrian G. Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Telephone consultation
Telemedicine
Inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396415301043

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