AAN Epilepsy Quality Measures in clinical practice: A survey of neurologists

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 468-473

  Wasade, Vibhangini S ^a   Spanaki, Marianna ^a   Iyengar, Revathi ^a   Barkley, Gregory L ^a   Schultz, Lonni ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AAN Epilepsy Quality Measures; Bone health; Depression; Epilepsy; Epilepsy care; Neurologists; SUDEP; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY QUALITY MEASURES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; SEIZURE;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864309550     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.05.017     Document Type: Article

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