Cost and cost-effectiveness of epilepsy surgery

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 8, 1999, Pages 32-39

  Silfvenius, Herbert ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032694115     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00945.x     Document Type: Review

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