A systematic review of economic analyses of home-based telerehabilitation.

More high quality and robust economic evaluations exploring the short- and long-term costs and other impacts of telerehabilitation on patients, caregivers, and health care systems across all types of patient populations are still required.Implications for rehabilitationHome-based telerehabilitation may reduce barriers in access to care for individuals living in the community.Economic analyses can inform health care system decision-making by evaluating the costs and effects associated with telerehabilitation.This study found that telerehabilitation may result in similar or lower costs as in-person rehabilitation; however, its impact on health-related quality of life is unclear.