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One-year costs associated with epilepsy in Ontario

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Summary

This research project seeks to analyze the emergency department usage costs of those with epilepsy to identify visits that could potentially be avoided with community-based epilepsy education and support programs. This research was brought about through the experiences of community epilepsy agencies that point to the need for patient education on when seizures should be considered medical emergencies. The evidence gathered from this project will be used to demonstrate the costs of emergency department use and how they could be offset through proposed funding to epilepsy support and education programs.

Knowledge User

Epilepsy Ontario

Information

Project ID

2018-016/2019 0900 556 006

Contributing ICES Scientists

Type of Response

Seniors eligible for OSDCP 2025