A prospective study on the cost-effective utilization of long-term inpatient video-EEG monitoring in a developing country

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-128

  Chemmanam, Thomas ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Sarma, Sankara P ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Epilepsy surgery; Epileptic seizures; Outcome; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649410818     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31819d8030     Document Type: Article

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