Direct medical costs of refractory epilepsy incurred by three different treatment modalities: A prospective assessment

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-102

  Boon, P ^a   D'Have M ^a   Van Walleghem, P ^a   Michielsen, G ^a   Vonck, K ^a   Caemaert, J ^a   De Reuck, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Cost analysis; Direct medical costs; Epilepsy surgery; Refractory epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST SAVINGS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036197353     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.40100.x     Document Type: Article

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