Table 1.

Baseline Study Characteristics

Authors & Year	Journal	Country	Population	Initial In Person Consultation	Patient Numbers	Mean Age (Years)	Male Gender %	Satisfaction Assessed	Cost Assessed	Clinical Benefit	Productivity & Efficiency	Challenges Reported	Risk of Bias Assessment
Azad et al. [13]	Canadian geriatrics journal: CGJ	Canada	Community	Yes	99	NR	40	Yes	-	-	Yes	Yes	Low
Catic et al. [18]	Journal of the American Medical Directors Association	USA	NH	No	47	82	25.6	-	-	Yes	-	Yes	Low
Chang et al. [14]	Geriatrics	USA	Community	No	199	NR	100	-	-	Yes	-	-	Low
Hale et al. [19]	Geriatrics	USA	NH	No	37	NR	100	Yes	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Low
Hui et al. [20]	Journal of telemedicine and telecare	Hong Kong	NH	No	200	82	33	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low
Lillicrap et al. [12]	Journal of telemedicine and telecare	Australia	Community	No	84	78.8	52.4	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Moderate
Morgan et al. [15]	J Appl Gerontol	Canada	Community	Yes	169	72.5	39.6	Yes	-	-	Yes	Yes	Moderate
Powers & Buckner [17]	Geriatrics	USA	Community	No	45	NR	NR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Moderate
Powers et al. [16]	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	USA	Community	No	95	77.8	100	Yes	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Low

Abbreviations: NH: nursing home; NR: not reported; Risk of Bias Tool: Cochrane Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions Tool.