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 Continued 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 15 Polisena J Tran K Cimon K Hutton B McGill S Palmer K 292 2010 21 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Congestive heart failure Yes Yes Yes 16 Pandor A Thokala P Gomersall T Baalbaki H Stevens JW Wang J. 266 2013 2 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure Yes Yes N/A 17 Inglis SC Conway A Clark RA.; Cleland JG 285 2015 27 Teleconsulting Heart failure Yes Yes N/A 18 Liu S, Feng W, Chhatbar PY, Liu Y, Ji X, Ovbiagele B. 286 2015 13 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Risk of stroke Yes N/A N/A 19 Knox L, Rahman RJ, Beedie C. 287 2017 26 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Chronic heart failure Yes Yes Yes 20 Pandor A Gomersall T Stevens JW Wang J Al-Mohammad A Bakhai A. 288 2013 21 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure N/A Yes N/A 21 Hamilton SJ, Mills B, Birch EM, Thompson SC. 255 2018 9 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Cardiac rehabilitation and heart failure N/A N/A N/A 22 Inglis SC Clark RA Dierckx R Prieto-Merino D Cleland JG. 289 2015 25 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure Yes Yes N/A 23 Paré G Jaana M Sicotte C.; 290 2007 16 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Hypertension and heart disease N/A Yes Yes 24 Shah A Clarke M Sharma U.; 291 2011 13 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Congestive heart failure N/A No No 25 Rawstorn JC, Gant N, Direito A, Beckmann C, Maddison R. 151 2016 11 Teleconsulting Cardiac rehabilitation Yes N/A N/A 26 Neubeck L Redfern J Fernandez R Briffa T Bauman A. 292 2009 11 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Coronary disease Yes N/A N/A #ID Early diagnosis Increased adherence to therapy Not conclusive Cost reduction Most frequent economic analysis method among articles 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 N/A N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 17 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18 Yes NA NA N/A N/A 19 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 21 Yes Yes N/A N/A Cost-effectiveness 22 Yes N/A N/A No N/A 23 Yes N/A N/A No N/A 24 NA N/A N/A Yes N/A 25 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 26 Yes N/A N/A Yes N/A 1039