More than 3 years of teleconsultations: A retrospective cohort study in specialized outpatient palliative care
Telemedicine can reduce physician quota, alleviating personnel shortages while providing time for care-intensive patients and creating capacity for more patients. Telemedicine seems suited for multimorbid, long-term patients. A matched pairs analysis showed no difference in hospitalizations in telemedicine patients.
Authors
- Tobias Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-1548)
- Michael Czaplik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-7728)
- Andreas Follmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6817-2472)
- Sarah Veldeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0694-8489)
- Johannes Wüeller
Institutions
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Palliative Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163251321717
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88