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. 2021 Jul 21;22(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s10194-021-01265-z

Table 2.

Estimated service requirements to meet headache-related health-care demand in a population of 1 million (from [29])

Estimated numbers expressing demanda Expected demand
Hours/year of medical consultation time FTE health-care providersb required to deliver
Adults: 67,500 (75% of 90,000) 42,200 37
Children and adolescents: 12,750 (75% of 17,000) 12,750 9

FTE Full-time equivalent; aassuming 75% of those with need; bone FTE provider does not necessarily imply one provider engaged full-time on headache; it could, for example, be two engaged half time on headache, or ten working 10% of full time