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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-35" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-35</a>
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The costs and potential savings of a novel telepaediatric service in Queensland
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Bmc Health Services Research
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2007
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Child; Humans; Hospitals; Cost of Illness; Health Care Costs; Queensland; Cost Savings; Outpatient Clinics; Referral and Consultation/economics; Health Services Accessibility/economics; Hospital/economics/utilization; Pediatric/economics; Pediatrics/economics/methods; Remote Consultation/economics/instrumentation/utilization; Transportation/economics; Videoconferencing/economics/instrumentation/utilization
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Smith AC; Scuffham P; Wootton R
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BACKGROUND: There are few cost-minimisation studies in telemedicine. We have compared the actual costs of providing a telepaediatric service to the potential costs if patients had travelled to see the specialist in person. METHODS: In November 2000, we established a novel telepaediatric service for selected regional hospitals in Queensland. Instead of transferring patients to Brisbane, the majority of referrals to specialists in Brisbane were dealt with via videoconference. Since the service began, 1499 consultations have been conducted for a broad range of paediatric sub-specialties including burns, cardiology, child development, dermatology, diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, neurology, oncology, orthopaedics, paediatric surgery and psychiatry. RESULTS: During a five year period, the total cost of providing 1499 consultations through the telepaediatric service was A$955,996. The estimated potential cost of providing an outpatient service to the same number of patients at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane was 1,553,264 Australian dollars; thus, telepaediatric services resulted in a net saving of approximately A$600,000 to the health service provider. CONCLUSION: Telepaediatrics was a cheaper method for the delivery of outpatient services when the workload exceeded 774 consultations. A sensitivity analysis showed that the threshold point was most sensitive to changes related to patient travel costs, coordinator salaries and videoconference equipment costs. The study showed substantial savings for the health department, mainly due to reduced costs associated with patient travel.
2007
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-35" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1186/1472-6963-7-35</a>
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Journal Article
2007
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BMC Health Services Research
Child
Cost Of Illness
Cost Savings
Health Care Costs
Health Services Accessibility/economics
Hospital/economics/utilization
Hospitals
Humans
Journal Article
Outpatient Clinics
Pediatric/economics
Pediatrics/economics/methods
Queensland
Referral and Consultation/economics
Remote Consultation/economics/instrumentation/utilization
Scuffham P
Smith AC
Transportation/economics
Videoconferencing/economics/instrumentation/utilization
Wootton R