Costs and cost-driving factors for acute treatment of adults with status epilepticus: A multicenter cohort study from Germany.

Lena-Marie KortlandAnne AlfterOliver BährBarbara CarlRichard DodelThomas M FreimanKristina HubertKolja JahnkeSusanne KnakeFelix von PodewilsJens-Peter ReeseUwe RungeChristian SenftHelmuth SteinmetzFelix RosenowAdam Strzelczyk

Published in: Epilepsia (2016)

Acute treatment of SE, and particularly SRSE and ventilation, are associated with high hospital costs and prolonged LOS. Extrapolation to the whole of Germany indicates that SE causes hospital costs of >€200 million per year. Along with the demographic change, incidence of SE will increase and costs for hospital treatment and sequelae of SE will rise.

Keyphrases

healthcare
respiratory failure
emergency department
risk factors
intensive care unit
combination therapy
cross sectional
drug induced
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
aortic dissection