Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India
Aim: In a resource-poor country such as India, telepsychiatry could be an economical method to expand health-care services. This study was planned to compare the costing and feasibility of three different service delivery models. The end user was a state-funded long-stay Rehabilitation Center (RC) f...
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| author | Sydney Moirangthem Sabina Rao Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar Manjunatha Narayana Neelaveni Raviprakash Suresh Bada Math |
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| description | Aim: In a resource-poor country such as India, telepsychiatry could be an economical method to expand health-care services. This study was planned to compare the costing and feasibility of three different service delivery models. The end user was a state-funded long-stay Rehabilitation Center (RC) for the homeless. Methodology: Model A comprised patients going to a tertiary care center for clinical care, Model B was community outreach service, and Model C comprised telepsychiatry services. The costing included expenses incurred by the health system to complete a single consultation for a patient on an outpatient basis. It specifically excluded the cost borne by the care-receiver. No patients were interviewed for the study. Results: The RC had 736 inmates, of which 341 had mental illness of very long duration. On comparing the costing, Model A costed 6047.5 INR (100$), Model B costed 577.1 INR (9.1$), and Model C costed 137.2 INR (2.2$). Model C was found fifty times more economical when compared to Model A and four times more economical when compared to Model B. Conclusion: Telepsychiatry services connecting tertiary center and a primary health-care center have potential to be an economical model of service delivery compared to other traditional ones. This resource needs to be tapped in a better fashion to reach the unreached. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bddd48cf322f4d6c989c0870abc9202a2022-12-21T22:13:32ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762017-01-0139327127510.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_441_16Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South IndiaSydney MoirangthemSabina RaoChannaveerachari Naveen KumarManjunatha NarayanaNeelaveni RaviprakashSuresh Bada MathAim: In a resource-poor country such as India, telepsychiatry could be an economical method to expand health-care services. This study was planned to compare the costing and feasibility of three different service delivery models. The end user was a state-funded long-stay Rehabilitation Center (RC) for the homeless. Methodology: Model A comprised patients going to a tertiary care center for clinical care, Model B was community outreach service, and Model C comprised telepsychiatry services. The costing included expenses incurred by the health system to complete a single consultation for a patient on an outpatient basis. It specifically excluded the cost borne by the care-receiver. No patients were interviewed for the study. Results: The RC had 736 inmates, of which 341 had mental illness of very long duration. On comparing the costing, Model A costed 6047.5 INR (100$), Model B costed 577.1 INR (9.1$), and Model C costed 137.2 INR (2.2$). Model C was found fifty times more economical when compared to Model A and four times more economical when compared to Model B. Conclusion: Telepsychiatry services connecting tertiary center and a primary health-care center have potential to be an economical model of service delivery compared to other traditional ones. This resource needs to be tapped in a better fashion to reach the unreached.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=3;spage=271;epage=275;aulast=MoirangthemCostingreaching the unreachedtelepsychiatry |
| spellingShingle | Sydney Moirangthem Sabina Rao Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar Manjunatha Narayana Neelaveni Raviprakash Suresh Bada Math Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Costing reaching the unreached telepsychiatry |
| title | Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India |
| title_full | Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India |
| title_fullStr | Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India |
| title_short | Telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached: A retrospective report from South India |
| title_sort | telepsychiatry as an economically better model for reaching the unreached a retrospective report from south india |
| topic | Costing reaching the unreached telepsychiatry |
| url | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2017;volume=39;issue=3;spage=271;epage=275;aulast=Moirangthem |
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