BMJ : British medical journal
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion.
To test the hypotheses that, compared with conventional outpatient consultations, joint teleconsultation (virtual outreach) would incur no increased costs to the NHS, reduce costs to patients, and reduce absences from work by patients and their carers. ⋯ The main hypothesis that virtual outreach would be cost neutral is rejected, but the hypotheses that costs to patients and losses in productivity would be lower are supported.