Cost analysis
| Time or use* | Cost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Telemedicine | p Value† | Control | Telemedicine | p Value† | |
| Follow-up visit time | 37.53 (9.64) | 38.97 (12.04) | 0.686 | 35.59 (9.15) | 35.58 (10.20) | 0.840 |
| Mask changes | 32 (39.7%) | 19 (30%) | 0.158 | 25.40 (34.63) | 15.83 (25.20) | 0.158 |
| Extra visits (physicians) | 7 (7.9%) | 11 (16.7%) | 0.149 | 16.44 (65.71) | 27.13 (63.86) | 0.149 |
| Extra visits (nurses) | 10 (9.5%) | 24 (28.3%) | 0.010 | 0.66 (2.27) | 1.48 (2.98) | 0.012 |
| GP visits | 28 (23.8%) | 40 (35%) | 0.261 | 20.83 (48.22) | 27.33 (52.12) | 0.215 |
| Emergency visits | 3 (3.2%) | 6 (6.7%) | 0.378 | 5.32 (31.30) | 11.18 (44.63) | 0.371 |
| Medications added | 16 (25.4%) | 19 (31.7%) | 0.443 | 9.12 (33.01) | 4.70 (14.27) | 0.604 |
| Travelling time to the hospital | 23.30 (16.48) | 8.64 (8.42) | <0.001 | 15.26 (10.11) | 7.02 (7.05) | <0.001 |
| Time out of work | 55.03 (53.05) | 21.12 (21.21) | <0.001 | 47.00 (48.19) | 34.30 (35.42) | 0.240 |
Bold indicates significant p values.
*Mean and SD for time variables. For other variables, number of cases and % of the sample that used this resource.
†Groups compared by using the Mann-Whitney test.
GP, general practitioner.