Cost-effectiveness of telemedicine: lessons to learn from an international review.

Summary At the global level the large deployment of telemedicine raises needs for cost-effectiveness evaluations. The objective of this literature review is to explore to what extend telemedicine innovations that were implemented in many countries were cost-effective. Specifically, we explore whether the model used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness can be adapted to the evaluation of telemedicine technologies. So, what answers can a review of the international literature relating to the medico-economic evaluation of telemedicine provide?.