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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社区卫生工作者提高南非农村地区抗癫痫药物的依从性：是否具有成本效益？


癫痫是一种常见的慢性神经系统疾病，对生活在低收入和中等收入国家 (LMIC) 的个人影响尤为严重，这些国家的治疗差距仍然很大，药物依从性仍然很低。社区卫生工作者 (CHW) 已被证明可以有效提高慢性药物的依从性，但尚未有研究评估社区卫生工作者在癫痫管理中的成本。