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Effectiveness and efficiency for ambulatory care assisted by mobile technological devices

J Zerth, A Reichert, J Besser · DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift · 2012 · Heft 09

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2012
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Zeitschrift
DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
Autor:innen
J Zerth, A Reichert, J Besser
Ausgabe
Heft 09 / 2012
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Erschienen: 2012-09-27 00:00:00
ISSN
0012-0472
DOI
10.1055/s-0032-1323537

Zusammenfassung

Introduction: There is an on-going debate in the international literature about the interplay between informal and formal care but aspects of assistive technologies are rarely discussed. In our paper, we evaluate the impact of a mobile assistive technology that may increase the self-sufficiency and autarky of end users and informal caregivers in aspects of costs of care and quality of life. Methods: The focused mobile assistive system aims at reducing the patient’s probability to need inpatient care. We use a Markov model that encompasses stage depended costs for dementia. Stages represent care arrangements that…

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