Relationship between seizure frequency and costs and quality of life of outpatients with partial epilepsy in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1221-1226

  Van Hout, Ben ^a   Gagnon, Dennis ^b   Souêtre, Eric ^c   Ried, Sibylle ^d   Remy, Claude ^e   Baker, Gus ^f   Genton, Pierre ^g   Vespignani, Hervé ^h   McNulty, Pauline ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ICOM Health Economics   (United States)

^c Benefit International ^*  (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Centre Médical La Teppe   (France)

^f WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRE SAINT PAUL   (France)

^h Hopital Saint Julien Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Cost; Economics; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030829736     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01220.x     Document Type: Article

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