The personal and financial impact of repetitive or prolonged seizures on the patient and family

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  O'Dell, Christine ^a   Wheless, James W ^b   Cloyd, James ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute seizures; Financial impact; Patient and family

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANXIETY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34250649311     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807303070     Document Type: Article

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