Deborah Jane Russell, Yuejen Zhao, Supriya Mathew, Michelle Susannah Fitts, Richard Johnson, David Mark Reeve, Bridget Honan, Petra Niclasen, Zania Liddle, Danielle Green, John Wakerman
OBJECTIVE: To assess timeliness, efficiency, health outcomes and cost-effectiveness of the 2018 redesigned Central Australian aeromedical retrieval model. DESIGN: Pre- and postimplementation observational study of all patients receiving telehealth consultations from remote medical practitioners (RMPs) or Medical Retrieval and Consultation Centre (MRaCC) physicians between 1/1/2015 and 29/2/2020. Descriptive and inferential statistics measuring system efficiency, timeliness, health outcomes and incremental cost-effectiveness...
November 2, 2023: Australian Journal of Rural Health