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KMID : 0387319960060010085
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
1996 Volume.6 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.109
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Economic Appraisal of Telemedicine
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Lee Hae-Jong
Chae Young-Moon
Jo Jae-Goog
Choi Hyung-Sik
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Abstract
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Telemedicine can increase accessibility to advance medical technology at the university hospital for community residents living in a remote area. This paper focused on the economic evaluation of telemedicine to identify important factors influencing costs and benefits and to understand how these factors can be changed to improve economic performance of the telemedicine. When the telemedicine project currently operating in Korea was evaluated based on the traditional cost-benefit analysis, the results showed a heavy net loss with a B/C ratio of 0.56. As several values were added to the analysis based on the Information Economics approach, B/C ratios steady increased. When the saving of medical expenses from the early detection of diseases was taken into a consideration, the ratio exceeded the break-even point. From the sensitivity analysis, a number of patients and the cost for equipment and communication were found to be the key factors for influencing economic performance of telemedicine.
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KEYWORD
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telemedicine, cost-benefit analysis, information economics
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