Cost-effectiveness of a Telemonitoring Program for Patients With Heart Failure During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: Model Development and Data Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 23; no. 3; p. e26516
• Main Authors: Jiang, Xinchan, Yao, Jiaqi, You, Joyce Hoi-Sze
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 03.03.2021; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care - economics; Ambulatory Care - methods; Analysis; Chronic illnesses; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; Coronaviruses; Cost analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Data Analysis; Disease transmission; Epidemiology; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Health care; Health status; Heart failure; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Help seeking behavior; Hong Kong - epidemiology; Hospitalization; Humans; Independent study; Markov Chains; Medical personnel; Monte Carlo Method; Monte Carlo simulation; Mortality; Original Paper; Outpatient treatment; Pandemics; Population; Probability; Quality adjusted life years; Robustness; SARS-CoV-2; Sensitivity analysis; Smartphones; Telemedicine - economics; Telemedicine - methods; Willingness to pay; Hong Kong; Hong Kong China; New York; United States > US; China; COVID-19; cost-effectiveness; heart failure; smartphone; telemonitoring; mobile health; health care avoidance

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused patients to avoid seeking medical care. Provision of telemonitoring programs in addition to usual care has demonstrated improved effectiveness in managing patients with heart failure (HF). We aimed to examine the potential clinical and health economic outcomes of a t...