Table 1.
Overview on the characteristics of the articles finally selected for review. The figures for Adherence / Compliance in the third column indicate how often these terms are present in the respective article.
| Author Year | Study/Journal | Type of disease (Sample Size)/Adherence/Compliance | Type of Study | Duration of patients’ participation in study | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banka et al. 2013 [11] | Incremental Cost-Effectiveness of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies for Heart Failure/JACC | HF with reduced ejection fraction (n.a)/10/0 | Standard healthcare Observational trial: cohort (follow-up) |
12–41 months | USA |
| Chen et al. 2013 [12] | Clinical Outcome and Cost-Effectiveness of a Synchronous Telehealth Service for Seniors and Non-seniors with Cardiovascular Diseases/JMIR | Cardio-vascular diseases (141)/2/2 | Telemedicine healthcare Quasi-Experimental (non-randomized controlled trial) | 6 months | TW |
| De Lusignan et al. 2001 [13] | Compliance and effectiveness of 1 year’s home telemonitoring. The report of a pilot study of patients with chronic heart failure/European Journal of Heart Failure | Chronic HF (20)/0/10 | Telemedicine vs. standard care RCT | 12 months | UK |
| Guzman-Clark et al. 2013 [14] | Predictors and Outcomes of Early Adherence to the Use of a Home Telehealth Device by Older Veterans with Heart Failure/Telemedicine and e-Health | HF (248)/84/1 | Telemedicine Retrospective cohort study | 3 months | USA |
| Heinen-Kammerer et al. 2003 [15] | Telemedizin in der Tertiärprävention: Wirtschaftlichkeits-Analyse des Telemedizin-Projektes Zertiva bei Herzinsuffizienz Patienten der Techniker Krankenkasse/Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
HF standard care (111)/0/0 HF telemonitoring (111)/0/0 |
Telemedicine vs. standard healthcare cost-effectiveness analysis based on TEN-HMS prospective, randomized study | 6 months | GE |
| Pandor et al. 2013 [16] | Home telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes after recent discharge in patients with heart failure: systematic review and economic evaluation/ Health Technology Assessment | HF (n.a)/11/5 | Telemedicine vs. standard healthcare systematic review | 07/2010 –08/2012 | UK |
| Ramaekers et al. 2009 [7] | Adherence Among Telemonitored Patients with Heart Failure to Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Recommendations/Telemedicine and e-Health | HF (101)/46/9 | Telemedicine vs. standard healthcare RCT | first 3 months | NL |
| Rohdeet al. 2013 [17] | Cost-effectiveness of heart failure therapies/Nature reviews cardiology | HF (n.a)/0/0 | Comparison of cost-effectiveness therapies | n.a | BR |
| Sokol et al. 2005 [18] | Impact of Medication Adherence on Hospitalization Risk and Healthcare Cost/Medical Care | Diabetes (3260) Hypertension (7981) Hypercholesterolemia (2981) Congestive HF (863)/82/4 | Standard healthcare Retrospective cohort study | 12 months | USA |