Healthcare costs of a telemonitoring programme for heart failure: indirect deterministic data linkage analysis.

HF hospitalization and ambulatory nursing fees represented most of the costs related to HF. No benefit was observed for telemonitoring versus SC with regard to cost reductions over 18 months. Patients with severe HF showed a non-significant 15% reduction in costs, largely related to hospitalization for HF decompensation, nurse fees, and medical transport.