7. Costs of care or treatment.
| Study | Intervention type | Outcome type | Outcome time | Findings |
| Adamolekun 1999 | Patient compliance – information pamphlets | Patient non‐attendance at clinic | 6 months | No statistically significant difference between groups in magnitude of the change in attendance |
| Gilliam 2004 | Self management through screening ‐ Adverse Effects Profile | Mean number of clinic visits | 4 months | Significantly greater number of clinic visits were recorded by intervention group vs control group |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen GP for any reason | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen GP for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen hospital doctor for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Admitted to hospital for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Attended A&E department for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999a | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Regular arrangement to see GP for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen GP for any reason | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen GP for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Seen hospital doctor for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Admitted to hospital for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Attended A&E department for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Mills 1999b | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ general practice | Regular arrangement to see GP for epilepsy | 1 year | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Morrow 1990 | Alternative care delivery in outpatient clinics – specialist epilepsy unit | Number of outpatient clinic visits | 1 year | Numerically there were a greater number of visits to the epilepsy clinic than to the neurology clinic, but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Morrow 1990 | Alternative care delivery in outpatient clinics – specialist epilepsy unit | Visits to outpatient clinic doctor | 1 year | Numerically there were a greater number of visits to the clinic doctor in the specialist unit than in the neurology clinic, but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Morrow 1990 | Alternative care delivery in outpatient clinics – specialist epilepsy unit | GP consultations | 1 year | Numerically the number of GP consultations by the neurology clinic patients was higher than the epilepsy clinic patients, but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Morrow 1990 | Alternative care delivery in outpatient clinics – specialist epilepsy unit | Inpatient days | 1 year | Numerically the number of inpatients days by the neurology clinic patients was higher than the epilepsy clinic patients, but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Peterson 1984 | Patient compliance ‐ combination of compliance‐improving strategies | Clinic appointment keeping | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | ≥ 1 GP consultations | 6 months | A smaller proportion of intervention patients saw their GP once or more than did control patients but this difference was not statistically significant; |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Number of GP consultations | 6 months | Intervention patients had statistically significantly fewer consultations than the control group |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visits to general practice nurse | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visits made by district nurse | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visits made by health visitor | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visits made by CPN | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visits to outpatient clinic doctor | 6 months | Intervention patients made statistically significantly fewer visits to the outpatient clinic doctor than did control patients |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Specialist outpatient clinic psychiatrist consultation | 6 months | Numerically intervention patients made more visits to outpatients clinics than did patients to the control group but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Specialist outpatient clinical psychologist consultation | 6 months | Numerically intervention patients made more visits to outpatients clinics than did patients to the control group but groups were not formally compared with each other |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Specialist inpatient admission | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | EEG | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | CT scan | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | MR scan | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Other outpatient consultation | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Other inpatient admission | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Other day‐patient visit | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Visit to A&E | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Primary healthcare cost per patient | 6 months | Primary care costs were statistically significantly reduced in intervention group |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Secondary healthcare cost per patient | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 1998 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Total healthcare cost per patient | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
| Warren 19988 | Specialist nurse practitioner ‐ regional epilepsy clinic | Blood level estimation for antiepileptic drugs | 6 months | No statistically significant differences between groups |
Note: presented findings only include studies reporting on outcome of interest. All numerical data (including P values), where available, reported in text of report
A&E: accident and emergency department; CT: computed tomography; EEG: electroencephalogram; MR: magnetic resonance.