Table 1.

Intervention costs of eHealth applications.

Intervention costs		Considered by number of studies	References
Implementation activities
	Device purchase (monitoring equipment, videoconferencing equipment, etc)	32	[13,22-25,29-31,35-37,39-41,44,47,50-53,55,56,59,61,63,65,66,69-73]
	License or software or initial fee purchase	7	[13,24,29,50,51,59,72]
	Equipment installation	18	[13,24,29,34,35,38,50-53,55,61,63,65,66,69,70,72]
	Training or education of operators	10	[24,25,29,35,44,50,52,53,61,70]
	Technician travel time to install equipment	5	[30,36,40,52,63]
Operating activities
	Maintenance (server, host, call center, or station)	18	[13,24,26,28,29,35,37,39,40,43,50,51,53,55,59,65,66,68,69]
	Periodic fees (for licenses, insurance, etc)	15	[24,29,31,35,37,38,43,50,55,59,61,68,71-73]
	Medical staffing: reviewing or assessing or intervening	26	[13,24,29,32,34-36,38,40,41,44,50,53,55-57,61-63,65,66,69-73]
	Nonmedical staffing: technical support	14	[13,24,29,39,40,50,51,53,61,63,66,68,69,72]
	Technician travel time to maintain equipment	1	[24]