Telemedicine
  • 2020 № 3 Economic aspects of providing medical care using telemedicine technologies

    The aim of the research is to study the economic aspects of telemedicine technologies application, taking into account
    the experience of other countries; to develop methodological approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of telemedicine technologies; to analyze the features of evaluating the effectiveness of telemedicine technologies in the conditions of COVID‑19 coronavirus spread. Methodological approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of telemedicine technologies are proposed.
    The additional costs and benefits of using telemedicine technologies are analyzed in the context of the main participants: the state, medical organizations, doctors, and patients. The additional costs of introducing telemedicine technologies are estimated in terms of their belonging to the so-called “necessary costs” or investments that have different economic content . The proposals developed by the authors allow us to more correctly assess the effectiveness of investments in the provision of telemedicine services and, thus, choose the most optimal options.

    Authors: Starodubov V. I. [5] Kurakova N. G. [5] Kadyrov F. N. [4] Chililov A. M. [4] Kobyakova О. S. [2]

    Tags: benefits1 economic efficiency1 investments1 medical care6 savings1 telemedicine technologies5

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