Models of care and relevance of territorial management in assisting persons with epilepsy

Glob Reg Health Technol Assess. 2024 Jul 22;11(Suppl 1):2-7. doi: 10.33393/grhta.2024.2889. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Epilepsy is a widespread social disease that affects people of all ages and often involves both diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Beyond seizure control, it is necessary to ensure people with epilepsy a good quality of life and respect for human rights, seeking to increase self-management capacity and break down stigma. People with epilepsy should have privileged access to specialized epilepsy centers, where multidisciplinary care is possible. These centers, organized by different levels of complexity, should be uniformly distributed throughout the country and networked together. The scientific community and health care organizations must therefore design all necessary strategies so that knowledge about epilepsy improves among the general population and the most effective pathways of care are effectively implemented.

Keywords: Antiseizure medications (ASMs); Epilepsy; Epilepsy management; Persons with epilepsy (PwEs).

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Conflict of interest: The author has received consultancy fees from Angelini Pharma, GW/Jazz Pharma, and UCB Pharma.