Table 3.
Category | All | No Seizure | EEG Seizure | Clinical Seizure | ||||
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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