title: [Healthcare networks in epilepsy: situation in the greater Paris region].
abstract: The goal of healthcare networks is to provide global care for patients and to coordinate the actions of the different healthcare professionals to provide the most appropriate treatment based on patient needs. Such networks have been created in Ile-de-France for some neurological diseases but not epilepsy. However, the needs of the population are significant, with 55,000 to 70,000 epilepsy patients in the geographic area. Contacts between the three main adult epilepsy centers, although not formal, form the basis of a dedicated epilepsy network so that the quality of care can be improved and surgical treatment made easier if indicated.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU de Bicêtre, 78, rue du Général-Leclerc, 94270 Paris, France. pascal.masnou@bct.aphp.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masnou
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chassoux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010297:Paris / Q000453:epidemiology; D011787:Quality of Health Care