However, indirect costs regarding the time that professionals spend on each visit, the resources on space, infrastructure and personnel needed for a consultation presumably would be lower in the telemedicine arm and higher the communication effectiveness between patients and professionals.
Additionally, the time needed for patient consultations increased as well.
Starting from the observations made, we then used a simple extrapolation to project the expected doctor-time needed for medical consultations over the ten years between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2013.
Reasons suggested for this include heavy workloads [ 25], additional time needed for an IMCI consultation [ 26], and lack of clinical supervision and support.
Also, it is needed for medico-legal documentation, consultation, QA and routine diagnostic services.
The commodities needed for these 1.5 million consultations would have cost $2.15 million at globally competitive prices.
Alternative methods for remote consultation are needed for optimising the use of resources in emergency departments.
They also show that the technology will be needed for future applications in teaching, consultation and medico-legal purposes.
His foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has stressed the need for consultation and co-operation on Syria.
