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Research type:	Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Title (lead author) etc:	Virtual outreach: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of joint teleconferenced medical consultations (Wallace) 120 pages, Volume 8, number 50
DOI	10.3310/hta8500
View/print executive summary View/print abstract View full text in pdf format (613 KB) Buy a printed version of this title - cost £20.00 each. [How to order] This title is available on our CD-ROM of the journal. Order a CD-ROM - free of charge worldwide. Outputs from this project Harrision, RM; Parker, SL; Wallace, PG. Virtual Outreach: A major telemedicine evaluation. British Journal of Hospital Computing. Snowdon, S; Harrison, R; Wallace, P. General practitioners participants in a telemedicine trial: comparisons with their peers. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2001; 7: 32-37. Wallace, PG; Haines, A; Harrison, R; Barber, J; Thompson, S; Jacklin, P; Roberts, J; Lewis, L; Wainwright, P. Design and performance of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of joint tele-consultations. BMC Family Practice 2002; 3(1):1-8. Wallace, P; Haines, A; Harrison, R; Barber, J; Thompson, S; Jacklin, P; Roberts, J; Lewis, L; Wainwright, P. Joint teleconsultations (virtual outreach) versus standard outpatient appointments for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion: a randomised trial.. Lancet 2002; 359(9322):1961-1968. Wallace, P; Haines, A; Harrison, R; Barber, J; Thompson, S; Jacklin, P; Roberts, J; Lewis, L; Wainwright, P. Joint teleconsultations (virtual outreach) versus standard outpatient appointments for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion: a randomised trial. Lancet 2002; 359(9322): 1961-1968. Jacklin, PB; Roberts, JA; Wallace, P; Haines, A; Harrison, R; Barber, S; Thompson, SG; Lewis, I; Currell, R; Parker, S; Wainwright, P. Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion. British Medical Journal 2003; 327(7406):84.
Project ref:	96/02/05
Original project title:	Virtual Outreach: a randomised controlled trial and economic appraisal
Chief Investigator:	Professor Paul Wallace, Professor and Vice Dean for Primary Care, Primary Care And Population Sciences, Unviersity College London
Start Date:	June 1998
Date of publication in HTA journal series	December 2004
Cost:	£1,072,557
MeSH* index primary terms:	REMOTE-CONSULTATION Q-organization-&-administration; FAMILY-PRACTICE Q-organization-&-administration; REFERRAL-AND-CONSULTATION Q-organization-&-administration (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; URBAN-HEALTH-SERVICES Q-organization-&-administration; RURAL-HEALTH-SERVICES Q-organization-&-administration; PATIENT-SATISFACTION; HEALTH-CARE-COSTS; HUMAN (* = Medical Subject Headings)
ISRCTN* number:	ISRCTN 54264250 (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN54264250*
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484008695 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
Printed copies of this title despatched:	132 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)
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