@article { , title = {Telemonitoring for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cost and cost-utility analysis of a randomised controlled trial}, abstract = {We compared the costs and cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring vs usual care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A total of 256 patients were randomised to either telemonitoring or usual care. In the telemonitoring arm, the touch-screen telemonitoring equipment transmitted data to clinical teams monitoring the patients. Total healthcare costs were estimated over a 12-month period from a National Health Service perspective and quality adjusted life year (QALYs) were estimated by the EQ-5D tool. Telemonitoring was not significantly more costly than usual care (mean difference per patient £2065.90 (P }, doi = {10.1177/1357633x14566574}, eissn = {1758-1109}, issn = {1357-633X}, issue = {2}, journal = {Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare}, pages = {108-118}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, url = {http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7495}, volume = {21}, keyword = {610.73 Nursing, RT Nursing, Telemonitoring, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cost-effectiveness;}, year = {2015}, author = {Stoddart, Andrew and van der Pol, Marjon and Pinnock, Hilary and Hanley, Janet and McCloughan, Lucy and Todd, Allison and Krishan, Ashma and McKinstry, Brian} }