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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Aug 22;69(10):1546–1557. doi: 10.1002/acr.23153

Table 2. Telemedicine characteristics of included studies.

Studies n Patients (n) % Total Patients
Communications Method *
A synchronous 3 210 15%
Telephone-Based 6 631 44%
Smartphone 1 137 10%
VTC 12 484 34%
VTC Patient Presenter
Physician 8 332 23%
RN, PT, Med Tech 3 106 7%
Not specified 2 68 5%
Cost Analysis Attempted
Yes 6 226 16%
*

Studies/patients may have been counted more than once per trial