title: [More research is needed in telemedicine for well-defined patient groups].
abstract: The Whole Systems Demonstrator (WSD), a cluster randomized trial of effects of telehealth, was initiated in 2008 including 3.230 patients from 179 general practices. The objective of this review is to summarize the results from WSD based on publications made so far. Results from five publications show that telehealth reduces mortality (odds ratio 0.54) during 12 months. The use of secondary care is reduced, however, when including costs of telehealth, the total costs are higher for
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kidholm
authors.forename: Birthe
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dinesen
authors.forename: Anne-Kirstine
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dyrvig
authors.forename: Knud B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Yderstræde
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards