Health and non-health care resources use in the management of adult outpatients with drug-resistant epilepsy in Spain: A cost-of-illness study (LINCE study)

Health care, and to a lesser extend non-health care resources use, were high in patients with DRE in Spain, yielding a considerable burden to both the National Health System and the Society. Better planning of therapeutic strategies allowing alleviation of load and costs of this health problem should be considered from these findings.