1. Economic Evaluation of anti-epileptic Medicines for Autistic Children with Epilepsy
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Michela Tinelli M, Aine Roddy, Martin Knapp, Celso Arango, Maria Andreina Mendez, James Cusack, Declan Murphy, Roberto Canitano, Bethany Oakley, and Vinciane Quoidbach
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RJ101 Child Health. Child health services ,RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology - Abstract
We examine the cost-effectiveness of treating epilepsy with anti-epileptic medicines in autistic children, looking at impacts on healthcare providers (in England, Ireland, Italy and Spain) and children’s families (in Ireland). We find carbamazepine to be the most cost-effective drug to try first in children with newly diagnosed focal seizures. For England and Spain, oxcarbazepine is the most cost-effective treatment when taken as additional treatment for those children whose response to monotherapy is suboptimal. In Ireland and Italy, gabapentin is the most cost-effective option. Our additional scenario analysis presents the aggregate cost to families with autistic children who are being treated for epilepsy: this cost is considerably higher than healthcare provider expenditure.
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- 2023