Specialized services for the non-institutionalized patient with epilepsy: developments in the US and the UK.
Services for the non-institutionalized patients with epilepsy have been the subject of a number of government sponsored reports. The recommended expansion in specialized services (for example, the special centres and the hospital-based epilepsy units) has not come about, and, as a result, services for epilepsy in the UK do not conform to the highest international standards. This paper reviews recent US findings with regard to the cost of epilepsy: contrasts recent developments in the US with those in the UK: emphasizes the need for further audit of the hospital facilities in this country: outlines the role of specialized epilepsy services and the structure these services might take in the UK.
D004827:Epilepsy / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006298:Health Services Administration; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States