Determining the cost-effectiveness of a novel Australian Stroke Telemedicine program: CAST study

澳大利亚农村地区急性中风的紧急治疗存在问题。远程医疗可以改善农村社区急性中风治疗的提供。目前，这是通过维多利亚州中风远程医疗（VST）计划进行调查，在位于农村和地区维多利亚的16家医院提供急性远程中风服务。这个项目，被称为CAST，形成了一个重要的子研究的VST计划，因为它提供了一个全面的经济评估的计划。

Urgent treatment of acute stroke in rural Australia is problematic. Telemedicine could improve delivery of acute stroke treatments in rural communities. Currently this is being investigated through the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine (VST) program by providing an acute telestroke service in 16 hospitals located in rural and regional Victoria. This project, known as CAST, forms an important sub-study for the VST program since it provides a full economic evaluation of the program.