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Community health workers to improve adherence to anti-seizure medication in rural South Africa: Is it cost-effective?

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Epilepsy is a common, chronic neurological disorder that disproportionately affects individuals living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where the treatment gap remains high and adherence to medication remains low. Community health workers (CHWs) have been shown to be effective at improving adherence to chronic medications, yet no study assessing the costs of CHWs in epilepsy management has been reported.
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Using a Markov model with age‐ and sex‐varying...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/epi.16756

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0000-0003-2741-3676
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0000-0002-0457-2175
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0000-0003-0744-7588
Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
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Volume:
62
Issue:
1
Article number:
epi.16756
Pages:
98-106
Place of publication:
United States
Publication date:
2020-11-25
Acceptance date:
2020-10-20
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EISSN:
1528-1167
ISSN:
0013-9580
Pmid:
33236782
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1148311
Local pid:
pubs:1148311
Deposit date:
2021-01-21

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