Perspective on the economic evaluation of deep brain stimulation

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an example of a disease area experiencing increasing use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat symptoms. PD is a major cause of morbidity and has a substantial economic impact on the patients, their caregivers, the health service and broader social and community servic...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Main Author:	Emma Sarah McIntosh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-05-01
Subjects:	Deep Brain Stimulation Parkinson's disease perspective economic evaluation outcomes Costs
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2011.00019/full