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Cost issues with telepsychiatry in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Donald M. Hilty ,
James A. Bourgeois ,
Thomas S. Nesbitt  and
Robert E. Hales
Donald M. Hilty
Affiliation:
University of California Davis Medical Center, 2230 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA, email dmhilty@ucdavis.edu
James A. Bourgeois
Affiliation:
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Thomas S. Nesbitt
Affiliation:
Regional Outreach and Telehealth, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
Robert E. Hales
Affiliation:
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA
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Abstract

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Videoconferencing has increased patient access to psychiatric care by linking specialists at academic or regional health centres with primary health care professionals in shortage areas (Hilty et al, 1999, 2002). Preliminary studies have demonstrated positive outcomes and user satisfaction (Hilty et al, 2002). Information is still being sought regarding costs because of a paucity of clinical outcome studies, cost data and randomised trials.

Type
Thematic Paper – Telepsychiatry
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , January 2004 , pp. 6 - 8
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2004

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