Hybrid cardiac telerehabilitation for coronary artery disease in Australia: a cost-effectiveness analysis

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 512
• Main Authors: Senanayake, Sameera, Halahakone, Ureni, Abell, Bridget, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, McCreanor, Victoria, McPhail, Steven M, Redfern, Julie, Tom Briffa, Parsonage, William
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.05.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Australia; Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; Coronary Artery Disease - rehabilitation; Coronary heart disease; Coronary vessels; Cost analysis; Cost benefit analysis; Cost-effectiveness; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Decision making; Diagnosis; Exercise; Health services; Health services utilization; Heart failure; Humans; Hybrid; Intervention; Markov processes; Methods; Physical fitness; Quality of Life; Rehabilitation; Sensitivity analysis; Telemedicine; Telerehabilitation; Telerehabilitation - methods; Australia; Hybrid; Telerehabilitation; Cost-effectiveness; Cardiac rehabilitation

Traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs are centre-based and clinically supervised, with their safety and effectiveness well established. Notwithstanding the established benefits, cardiac rehabilitation remains underutilised. A possible alternative would be a hybrid approach where both centre-ba...