Outpatient education reduces emergency room use by patients with epilepsy

Franchette T. Pascual; Kathy Hoang; Christopher Hollen; Richard Swearingen; Andrea S. Hakimi; Jeanne Ann King; David Thompson

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.10.024

Outpatient education reduces emergency room use by patients with epilepsy

Franchette T. Pascual, Kathy Hoang, Christopher Hollen, Richard Swearingen, Andrea S. Hakimi, Jeanne Ann King, David Thompson

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Abstract

Epilepsy is a costly diagnosis, with emergency room (ER) visits and hospital admissions comprising a large portion of total direct cost. An educational intervention to decrease the number of ER visits was implemented on outpatients with epilepsy, using educational handouts and DVD. The number of ER visits declined significantly in the four months following intervention compared with the preceding four months. This finding supports patient education as a valuable tool to reduce ER use, which may, in turn, cut down on health-care cost.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Epilepsy and Behavior
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.10.024
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Emergency room
Epilepsy
Health-care cost
Outpatient education
Seizure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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