Access to surgery for paediatric patients with medically refractory epilepsy: A systems analysis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-296

  Lim, Morgan E ^a,b   Bowen, James M ^a,b   Snead, O Carter ^c,d   Elliott, Irene ^c   Donner, Elizabeth ^c,d   Weiss, Shelly K ^c,d   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^c,d   Ochi, Ayako ^c,d   Drake, James ^c,d   Rutka, James T ^c,d   Worster, Andrew ^a,e   Hopkins, Robert B ^a,b   Goeree, Ron ^a,b   Tarride, Jean Eric ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Resource utilization; Surgical assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY MONITORING UNIT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THERAPY DELAY; WARD;

DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY SURGERY; RESOURCE UTILIZATION; SURGICAL ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84888440544     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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