ABC | Volume 113, Nº5, November 2019

Guidelines Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Telemedicine in Cardiology – 2019 Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 113(5):1006-1056 Table 5.1 – Studies on economic evaluations of telemedicine in cardiology #ID Authors Year Number of papers assessed Category of telemedicine services Service focus Reduction in mortality Reduction in hospitalizations Reduction in hospital stay 1 López-Villegas A, Catalán-Matamoros D, Martín-Saborido C, Villegas-Tripiana I, Robles-Musso E. 284 2016 7 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure N/A N/A Yes 2 Cajita MI, Gleason KT, Han HR. 271 2016 10 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure N/A N/A N/A 3 Louis AA Turner T Gretton M Baksh A Cleland JG. 270 2003 24 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure Yes Yes Yes 4 Kassavou A, Sutton S. 254 2018 17 Mobile and automated communication Guidance on medication use N/A N/A N/A 5 Lin MH, Yuan WL, Huang TC, Zhang HF, Mai JT, Wang JF. 264 2017 39 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Chronic heart failure Yes Yes Yes 6 Kotb A Cameron C Hsieh S Wells G. 285 2015 30 Comparison between telephone teleconsultation services Heart failure Yes Yes Yes 7 Yun JE, Park JE, Park HY, Lee HY, Park DA. 286 2018 37 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure Yes Yes N/A 8 Seto E. 269 2008 9 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure N/A N/A N/A 9 Grustam AS, Severens JL, van Nijnatten J, Koymans R, Vrijhoef HJ. 260 2014 22 Telemedicine Chronic heart failure Yes Yes N/A 10 Lee M, Wang M, Liu J, Holbrook A. 287 2018 7 Teleconsulting Guidance on medication use Yes N/A N/A 11 Klersy C, De Silvestri A, Gabutti G, Raisaro A, Curti M, Regoli F, et al. 288 2011 17 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure N/A Sim Não 12 Conway A Inglis SC Clark RA.; 289 2014 25 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Hypertension Yes Yes Yes 13 Duan Y, Xie Z, Dong F, Wu Z, Lin Z, Sun N, Xu J. 290 2017 46 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Hypertension N/A Yes N/A 14 Kitsiou S Paré G Jaana M.; 291 2015 15 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Chronic heart failure Yes N/A N/A #ID Reduction in hospital stay Early diagnosis Increased adherence to therapy Not conclusive Cost reduction Most frequent economic analysis method among the articles 1 Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 2 N/A N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A 3 Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 4 N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A 5 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 7 N/A N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes Cost-minimization 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 10 N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 11 No N/A N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 12 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 13 N/A Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 14 N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes N/A 1038