The impact of a single seizure on health status and health care utilization

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-176

  Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a,e   Hoch, Daniel B ^b   Wagner, Anita K ^c   Salmanson, Eileen ^d   Shanahan, Christopher W ^a   Bromfield, Edward B ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health status; Impact; Quality of life; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0033962990     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00136.x     Document Type: Article

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