Direct medical cost of children and adolescents epilepsy at a university setting in Croatia

Abstract: The aim was to study the direct medical cost of epilepsy in children and adolescents and to determine the impact of epilepsy type and child’s age on total costs of treatment. One-year prospective, prevalence based, »bottom up« analyses of sixty-nine (69) children with epilepsy (Internation...

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Matična publikacija: Collegium antropologicum
33 (2009), 2 ; str. 503-507
Glavni autor: Prpić, Igor, liječnik (-)
Ostali autori: Boban, Marko (-), Škarpa-Prpić, Ingrid, Jurjević, Ante, liječnik, Babić, Tomislav, liječnik, Fiket, Daniela
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
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