Direct and Indirect Costs of Refractory Epilepsy in a Tertiary Epilepsy Center in Germany

Abstract

Indirect costs were higher than direct costs in adult patients with active epilepsy attending a German epilepsy center. Medication contributed the most to the direct costs and early retirement was the main factor for the indirect costs. The costs of poorly controlled epilepsy in this German study were above average of the European costs of epilepsy.