Inpatient treatment costs of status epilepticus in adults in Germany
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Inpatient treatment costs of status epilepticus in adults in Germany
PURPOSE Status epilepticus (SE) is an important neurological emergency and a significant source of direct costs related to hospitalization; however, no cost-of-illness (COI) studies have been performed in Europe. The objective of this study was to determine and characterize hospital costs related to the acute inpatient treatment of SE and to provide national estimates of SE hospitalization cost...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.08.003