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. 2021 Nov 3;3:730755. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2021.730755

Table 2.

Table of included studies.

Study Country Study design Type of economic evaluation Perspective Population Intervention Comparison Outcomes Conclusions
Bradford et al. (14) Australia Retrospective Cost minimization Children's Health Service (state-wide service) Children requiring palliative services (sample size not specified, only number of consultations n=95) Home Telehealth Programme video consultations Usual care (as either home visit or outpatient department consultations) Assumed to be equivalent irrespective of mode of service delivery HTP Home video consultations are cost-saving compared to usual care
Zhang and Fu (16) USA Randomized controlled trial Cost-effectiveness (utility) Society, healthcare providers and patients Prostate cancer patients with persistent urinary incontinence (n = 336) Biofeedback PFME + support group sessions
Biofeedback PFME + one-to-one phone sessions.
Usual care (for both Usual Care-UC and Intervention-Non-Participating-INP groups) HRQoL (EQ-5D), QALYs Intervention is cost-effective compared to no intervention
van der Hout et al. (15) Netherlands Randomized controlled trial Cost-utility Societal Survivors of head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and lymphoma (n = 625) eHealth self-management application (Oncokompas) Care as usual wait-list (late access to intervention) HRQoL (EQ-5D), QALYs The eHealth intervention has similar effectiveness and non-significantly lower costs compared to care as usual