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Epilepsy-Related Direct Medical and Direct Non-Medical Cost in Adult Patients Living with Epilepsy at a Tertiary Neurology Center in Rwanda.

Dirk E TeuwenFidele SeberaAlphonsine MurekeyitetoIeme GarrezEduardo Sanchez-IrisoJosiane UmwiringirwaGeorgette UmuhozaPaul A J M BoonPeter Dedeken
Published in: ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR (2023)
Epilepsy-related costs at a tertiary center are an important economic burden for PwE and Rwandan Health Insurance. Biomedical and traditional healer DnMC constitute 86% of total OoP. Future prospective studies should evaluate outcomes and costs of reduced visit frequency, indirect costs, and costs of comorbidities.
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