Resource use and costs associated with epilepsy in the Queensland hospital system: protocol for a population-based data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Epilepsy places a large burden on health systems, with hospitalisations for seizures alone occurring more frequently than those related to diabetes. However, the cost of epilepsy to the Australian health system is not well understood. The primary aim of this study is to quantify the health service use and cost of epilepsy in Queensland, Australia. Secondary aims are to identify differences in health service use and cost across population and disease subgroups, and to explore the associations between health service use and common comorbidities.

Methods and analysis

This project will use data linkage to identify the health service utilisation and costs associated with epilepsy. A base cohort of patients will be identified from the Queensland Hospital Admitted Pati

SUBMITTER: Tulleners R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature