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Effectiveness of a home telemonitoring program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Germany: Evidence from the first three years

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  • Florian Hofer
  • Jonas Schreyögg
  • Tom Stargardt

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Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects more than 6 million people in Germany. Monitoring the vital parameters of COPD patients remotely through telemonitoring may help doctors and patients prevent and treat acute exacerbations of COPD, improving patients’ quality of life and saving costs for the statutory health insurance system. Objective: To evaluate the effects from October 2012 until December 2015 of a structured home telemonitoring program implemented by a statutory health insurer in Germany. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using administrative data. After building a balanced control group using Entropy Balancing, we calculated difference-in-difference estimators to account for time-invariant heterogeneity. We estimated differences in mortality rates using Cox regression and conducted subgroup and sensitivity analyses to check the robustness of the base case results. We observed each patient in the program for up to 3 years depending on his or her time of enrolment. Results: Among patients in the telemonitoring cohort, we observed significantly higher inpatient costs due to COPD (€524.2, p

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  • Florian Hofer & Jonas Schreyögg & Tom Stargardt, 2022. "Effectiveness of a home telemonitoring program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Germany: Evidence from the first three years," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(5), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0267952
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267952
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    1. Dmitrij Achelrod & Jonas Schreyögg & Tom Stargardt, 2017. "Health-economic evaluation of home telemonitoring for COPD in Germany: evidence from a large population-based cohort," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 18(7), pages 869-882, September.
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