Cost-effectiveness of pediatric epilepsy surgery compared to medical treatment in children with intractable epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Li, Bing ^b   Schinkel, Corrine Davies ^b   Ritchie, Lisa Puchalski ^b,c   Weaver, James ^b   Snead, O Carter ^a   Rutka, James T ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Epilepsy; Pediatric; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952442538     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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