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Table 1 Characteristics of the studies

From: Telemedicine in pre-hospital care: a review of telemedicine applications in the pre-hospital environment

 

Characteristic

Number of cases

Study question

Accuracy

4

 

Feasibility

8

 

Treatment delay

3

 

Clinical outcome

5

 

Cost-effectiveness

1

 

Reliability

6

 

Others

12

Model of telemedicine

Hub-and-spoke

13

 

Ambulance to hospital

5

 

Others/unspecified

21

Technology

Computer based

35

 

Smartphone based

4

Study type

Randomized control study

2

 

Case-control

10

 

Observational/descriptive

27

Network type

Mobile broadband (GSM)

8

 

Wired broadband

31