Current issues in the management of epilepsy: The impact of frequent seizures on cost of illness, quality of life, and mortality

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Baker, Gus A ^a   Nashef, L ^b   Van Hout, Ben A ^c  

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

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health care expenditures; Quality of life; Seizures; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030891944     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb04511.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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