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 27 Huang K Liu W He D Huang B Xiao D Peng Y. 301 2015 9 Teleconsulting Coronary disease Yes NA NA 28 Purcell R McInnes S Halcomb EJ. 302 2014 13 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Chronic heart failure Yes Yes NA 29 Chaudhry SI Phillips CO Stewart SS Riegel B Mattera JA Jerant AF Krumholz HM. 303 2007 9 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure NA Yes Yes 30 Pfaeffli Dale L, Dobson R, Whittaker R, Maddison R. 304 2016 7 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Cardiovascular diseases NA NA NA 31 Rush KL Hatt L Janke R Burton L Ferrier M Tetrault M.; 262 2018 16 Tele-education Chronic heart failure NA Yes Yes 32 Hameed AS, Sauermann S, Schreier G. 305 2014 9 Comparison between telephone teleconsultation services Heart failure NA NA NA 33 Feltner C Jones CD Feltner C Zheng ZJ Sueta CA Coker- Schwimmer EJ Arvanitis M. 259 2014 47 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure NA Yes NA 34 Beatty AL, Fukuoka Y, Whooley MA. 150 2013 3 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Cardiac rehabilitation NA NA NA 35 Driscoll A, Meagher S, Kennedy R, Hay M, Banerji J, Campbell D, Cox N, Gascard D, Hare D, Page K, Nadurata V, Sanders R, Patsamanis H. 258 2016 29 Telemonitoring (mHealth) Heart failure Yes Yes Yes #ID Early diagnosis Increased adherence to therapy Not conclusive Cost reduction Most frequent economic analysis method among the articles 27 Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 28 Yes N/A N/A Yes N/A 29 N/A N/A N/A Yes Cost-effectiveness 30 N/A Yes N/A Yes N/A 31 Yes Yes N/A Yes N/A 32 Yes Yes N/A No N/A 33 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 34 Yes Yes N/A N/A N/A 35 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1040