Inpatient resources used in organic versus functional neurological disorders.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Newman, Hannah; Greig, Timothy; O'Gara, Michael
- Source
- Progress in Neurology & Psychiatry. Jan2023, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p19-23. 5p.
- Subject
- *LENGTH of stay in hospitals
*ANALYSIS of variance
*FUNCTIONAL status
*EPILEPSY
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*ACQUISITION of data
*MEDICAL care use
*INFORMATION resources
*MEDICAL records
*SOMATOFORM disorders
- Language
- ISSN
- 1367-7543
Patients with functional neurological symptoms (FNS) such as functional weakness and non‐epileptic attacks may present to acute hospital services. However, there are few good data on the proportion of neurological admissions they account for, or the utilisation of inpatient resources associated with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]