Table 4 Standardized monthly direct health care cost over the follow-up period
Costs are in 2014 £GBP | EIAED (n = 951) | nEAAED (n = 951) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total direct all-cause health care costs | Median (range) | 229 (18–18,613) | 188* (16–33,880) |
Mean (SD) | 495 (1016) | 432 (1272) | |
A&E visits | Median (range) | 0 (0–1740) | 0 (0–316) |
Mean (SD) | 9 (64) | 6 (22) | |
AED medications | Median (range) | 9 (2–1407) | 8 (2–438) |
Mean (SD) | 23 (58) | 13 (22) | |
GP practice consultations | Median (range) | 114 (12–2816) | 102 (8–1591) |
Mean (SD) | 161 (187) | 143 (146) | |
Inpatient hospitalizations | Median (range) | 0 (0–13,337) | 0 (0–33,394) |
Mean (SD) | 236 (830) | 217 (1203) | |
Non-AED medications | Median (range) | 7 (0–797) | 6 (0–939) |
Mean (SD) | 30 (69) | 28 (71) | |
Outpatient, non-A&E referrals | Median (range) | 1 (0–489) | 2 (0–284) |
Mean (SD) | 16 (43) | 9 (22) | |
Test procedures | Median (range) | 7 (0–761) | 7 (0–518) |
Mean (SD) | 20 (43) | 16 (32) | |
Total epilepsy-related direct health care costs | Median (range) | 27 (3–15,781) | 21 (2–3942) |
Mean (SD) | 124 (608) | 87 (287) |