A prospective cohort study estimating total pre-surgical healthcare costs before and two-year total societal costs after resective brain surgery, and quality of life of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy undergoing surgery
In conclusion, RES leads to significant reduction in costs 2 years post-surgery. History of RES and ketogenic diet, clinically relevant disease-specific QoL increase, surgery in the left hemisphere, and higher costs of diagnostics and treatment strategies before referral for pre-surgical evaluation were significant determinants for higher post-surgical costs after RES.
Authors
- Jeske Nelissen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1510-461X)
- Simon Tousseyn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-0909)
- A. Boonstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7890-9415)
- Charlotte Peeters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1891-4869)
- Kim Rijkers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3348-158X)
- Mickaël Hiligsmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4274-9258)
- L.M. Maas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0032-0712)
- Olaf Schijns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8295-0728)
- Marian Majoie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-8122)
- Louis Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7890-8778)
- Sylvia Klinkenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2870-0768)
- Sander M. J. van Kuijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2796-729X)
- J. Kellenaers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-4737)
- Mariëlle C.G. Vlooswijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2675-9460)
Institutions
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University Medical Center (US)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- University Hospital and Clinics (US)
- Kempenhaeghe (NL)
- Imaging Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Economics
- Published
- 2025-02-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13696998.2025.2473745
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00