The health care burden of patients with epilepsy in the United States: An analysis of a nationwide database over 15 years

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Vivas, Andrew C ^a   Baaj, Ali A ^a   Benbadis, Selim R ^b   Vale, Fernando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Nationwide inpatient sample; Outcome; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPILEPSY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858591064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.FOCUS11322     Document Type: Article

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