Gardiol, Lucien; Grandchamp, Chantal - Institut d'Économie et de Management de la Santé … - 2008
This paper aims to estimate empirically the efficiency of a Swiss telemedicine service introduced in 2003. We used claims' data gathered by a major Swiss health insurer, over a period of six years and involving 160 000 insured adults. In Switzerland, health insurance is mandatory, but everyone...