Costs of epilepsy: an experience based on a specialized center
Rev. chil. neurocir
;
38(1): 18-24, jun. 2012. tab, graf
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
An epileptic disorder is defined as an intermittent disturbance of the nervous system and it occurs because of an excessive, sudden and disordered discharge of cerebral neurons. Lately, the cost of medical treatments, in general and in particular of the epileptic drugs, has been discusses in many countries. The objective is to evaluate the cost of epilepsy in Brazil. There were selected 87 patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy, 48 male patients and 39 female patients, with average general age of 38.5 years old. The total cost for an annual treatment of all the 87 patients was of R$62.462,45. The costs with computerized tomography of the cranium, encephalic magnetic resonance, annual electroencephalogram, annual laboratorial exams and medical consultations, was of R$8.477,28, R$3.493,75, R$986,58, R$5.649,78, R$ 3.480, respectively, with a total of R$84.549,84. The indirect costs could not be summed up because of the difficulty in obtaining retrospective information.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Custos de Medicamentos
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Epilepsia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudos de avaliação
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Avaliação Econômica em Saúde
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. chil. neurocir
Assunto da revista:
Neurocirurgia
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Bahia Scholl of Medicine and Public Health/BR
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Base Hospital/BR
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Federal University of Bahia/BR
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Rio Preto Faculty of Medicine/BR
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