Analysis of direct, indirect, and intangible costs of XXXX .

@entity1 @entity6100 @entity341 @entity302
INTRODUCTION: A financial estimate has been made of the costs of @entity302 in adults. METHODS: A prospective, observational study, over a period of 6 months, on @entity302 @entity1 over 14 years-old. @entity1 with concomitant diseases that could influence the outcome of the @entity302 were excluded. The direct costs included: treatment received, number of visits to neurology, primary care, and @entity341 , number of days admitted to hospital, number and type of diagnostic tests, use of transport to and from hospital, and psychopedagogic and social support due to the @entity302 . The indirect costs were analysed according to, loss of work productivity of the @entity1 , taking into account families where the @entity1 needed supervision due to @entity302 . The total costs were derived from the sum of the direct and indirect costs. The intangible costs were calculated according to QOLIE-10 questionnaire. RESULTS: The mean direct cost per @entity1 was 1,055.2    . The mean indirect financial costs came to 1,528.8     per @entity1 . The total cost associated to @entity302 was a mean of 2,584     for each @entity1 , mainly arising from loss of work days (p<.05). For intangible costs according to the QOLIE-10 scale a mean of 77.8 was obtained. CONCLUSIONS: The greatest percentage of costs associated to @entity302 is due to the work productivity loss by the @entity1 . The costs of @entity6100 in @entity302 lead to a deterioration in the quality of life.
