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. 2019 Feb 27;19:67. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1441-7

Table 3.

Unadjusted AED costs per patient who received AEDs

Category All No Seizure EEG Seizure Clinical Seizure
n median [IQR] cost n median [IQR] cost n median [IQR] cost n median [IQR] cost
All AEDs 1252 $89.90 [24.52, 265.84] 563 $34.13 [11.38, 100.76] 464 $229.39 [93.73, 511.49] 255 $101.15 [38.91, 209.57]
Phenobarbital 739 $96.96 [35.53, 206.04] 107 $32.32 [13.81, 97.86] 437 $129.79 [59.86, 262.06] 195 $64.64 [24.14, 142.23]
Phenytoin/Fosphenytoin 118 $67.71 [15.46, 238.53] 3 $36.85 [29.78, 259.06] 97 $69.59 [15.46, 238.53] 18 $70.25 [25.91, 123.94]
Levetiracetam 128 $197.62 [59.25, 453.18] 10 $69.82 [13.84, 80.51] 98 $240.09 [105.10, 534.20] 20 $53.39 [21.48, 163.88]
Benzodiazapines 1010 $34.13 [11.38, 91.02] 525 $26.30 [11.37, 82.54] 328 $45.51 [17.33, 102.39] 157 $34.13 [15.39, 91.07]
Other (oxcarbazepine, gabapentin, topiramate, valproate) 19 $102.94 [26.49, 354.27] 3 $19.18 [6.62, 56.29] 15 $134.22 [51.21, 379.45] 1 $26.49 [26.49, 26.49]

Abbreviations: AED anti-epileptic drug, EEG electroencephalographic, IQR interquartile range