Collect information and core data for health service planning and research.
Epidemiology: Incidence, prevalence and health burden
- The global burden of neurological disorders: translating evidence into policy, The Lancet Neurology (2019)
- Global disparities in the epilepsy treatment gap: a systematic review, Bull World Health Organ (2010)
- Lifetime prevalence of epilepsy in urban Tanzania – A door-to-door random cluster survey, eNeurologicalSci (2021)
- Burden and epidemiology of status epilepticus in infants, children, and adolescents: A population‐based study on German health insurance data, Epilepsia (2019)
- High-resolution mapping of epilepsy prevalence, ambulance use, and socioeconomic deprivation in an urban area of Sweden, Epilepsia (2019)
- Prevalence and burden of epilepsy in Nigeria: A systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based door-to-door surveys, Epilepsy & Behavior (2019)
- Prevalence of active epilepsy in rural Tanzania: A large community-based survey in an adult population, Seizure (2012)
- High Prevalence of Major Neurological Disorders in Two Albanian Communities: Results of a Door-to-Door Survey, Neuroepidemiology (2010)
- A Descriptive Study of Epileptic Patients in Herat City of Afghanistan, Journal of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine (2022)
Economic and Social Analysis: Tools
- Mental health investment case: a guidance note, World Health Organization (2021)
- WHO-CHOICE estimates of cost for inpatient and outpatient health service delivery, World Health Organization (2021)
- A system-wide approach to analysing efficiency across health programmes, World Health Organization (2017)
Economic and Social Analysis: Examples
- Economic aspects of treating seizure clusters, Epilepsia (2022)
- Community health workers to improve adherence to anti-seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost-effective?, Epilepsia (2020)
- The economic burden of caregiving in epilepsy: An estimate based on a survey of US caregivers, Epilepsia (2020)
- Health care expenditures among elderly patients with epilepsy in the United States, Epilepsia (2018)
- A systematic review of economic evaluations of treatments for patients with epilepsy, Epilepsia (2017)
- Costs, length of stay, and mortality of super-refractory status epilepticus: A population-based study from Germany, Epilepsia (2017)
- Health and economic benefits of public financing of epilepsy treatment in India: An agent-based simulation model, Epilepsia (2016)
- Long-term socioeconomic consequences and health care costs of childhood and adolescent-onset epilepsy, Epilepsia (2016)
- An economic evaluation of the ketogenic diet versus care as usual in children and adolescents with intractable epilepsy: An interim analysis, Epilepsia (2015)
- Costs of epilepsy and cost-driving factors in children, adolescents, and their caregivers in Germany, Epilepsia (2015)
- Long-term reduction of health care costs and utilization after epilepsy surgery, Epilepsia (2015)
- The health, education, and social care costs of school-aged children with active epilepsy: A population-based study, Epilepsia (2015)
- Epilepsy prevalence and socioeconomic deprivation in England, Epilepsia (2014)