The direct costs of epilepsy in a Chilean population;Costes directos de la epilepsia en una población chilena

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 710-714

  Mesa, Tómas ^a,c,d   Mesa, J T ^b   Guarda, J ^b   Mahaluf, F ^b   Pauchard, F ^b   Undurraga, F ^b   Asmad, C ^c   Silva, G ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^c Liga Chilena contra la Epilepsia   (Chile)

^d Dpto 404 Las Condes   (Chile)

Author keywords

Direct costs; Epilepsy; Epilepsy costs; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; CHILE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34948872127     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4412.2006375     Document Type: Article

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