Telehealth: Emerging evidence on efficiency

Orna Chakrabarti

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2019, vol. 60, issue C, 257-264

Abstract: I present new evidence on efficiency, in terms of cost-effectiveness, of telehealth services. Results from the existing body of literature on this evolving component of healthcare services are mixed. I observe, with a reasonable degree of robustness, that providers with telehealth capabilities can lower per-capita Medicare reimbursement. While results from non-parametric as well as parametric regression support this inference, quantile regression analyses suggest potential economies of scale for telehealth services.

Keywords: Healthcare; eHealth; Telehealth; Medicare; Reimbursement; Non-parametric regression; Quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C2 C51 I11 J44 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2018.10.021

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