The costs of epilepsy misdiagnosis in England and Wales

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 598-605

  Juarez Garcia, Ariadna ^a   Stokes, Tim ^b   Shaw, Beth ^b   Camosso Stefinovic, Janette ^b   Baker, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England and Wales; Epilepsy; Financial costs; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION ERROR; MEDLINE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STATE MEDICINE; WALES;

EID: 33750487819     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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