Question

Please answer the following in regards to healthcare economics:

1. Would you be willing to use teledermatology? Why or why not?
2. Which perspective on costs seems more valid to you?
3. Do you think that the costs of the imaging equipment should have been included?
4. Did the team use the right approach to evaluation? Would a CMA have been acceptable?
5. What is your reaction to the time trade-off technique?
6. What is your recommendation for assessing the value of teledermatology?
7. Would you be willing to adopt teledermatology for your health system?
8. Should Medicare use economic evaluation in making coverage decisions?
9. Congress has largely banned considering costs in making coverage decisions. Do you agree?
10. Can you find published examples of CMA? CEA? CBA? CUA?

Answer 1

1) Teledermatology is transferring medical information through visual or audio/ telecommunication for consultation, identification and treatment of the medical condition.

I would be willing to use teledermatology because-

• It saves time taken to go and visit a doctor
• It saves cost
• I can get treatment through telecommunication from places where the access to a doctor is difficult.