%0 Journal Article
%T Healthcare Costs and Absenteeism Among Caregivers of Adults with Partial-Onset Seizures: Analysis of Claims from an Employer Database
%A James E. Smeeding
%A Krithika Rajagopalan
%A Richard A. Brook
%J Archive of "American Health & Drug Benefits".
%D 2018
%X Partial-onset seizures are the most common type of seizures in patients with epilepsy. In addition to the significant impact on patients, the unpredictability of seizures often also affects family members or caregivers. Caregiver burden in relation to patient treatment may help to guide treatment choices for patients. Quantitative evidence about the relationship between workplace absences, costs, and treatment burden among caregivers of patients with partial-onset seizures is lacking
%K absenteeism
%K adjunctive therapy
%K antiepileptic drugs
%K caregiver burden
%K caregivers
%K direct healthcare cost
%K epilepsy
%K indirect healthcare cost
%K monotherapy
%K partial-onset seizures
%K treatment decision-making
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306097/