Costs assessment of medical exemption due to seizure in conscripts visiting Be'sat Hospital of IRI Air Force in the year 2007
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MH Shahbazi , K Alizadeh , S Zareiy |
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Abstract: (24389 Views) |
Background: As there are lots of cases where conscripts complain of
epilepsy and not all the complaints are based on reality, the
imposed costs on the medical agents to understand the reality is
very high. So it is necessary to consider new laws and strategies to
decrease the time and cost of such cases. This study was
conducted with the aim of studying the costs of medical exemption
due to seizure in conscripts visiting the Be'sat Hospital of IRI Air
Force in the year 2007.
Materials and methods: In this study, 369 conscripts which had applied to
the neurology commission with the claim of seizure from the
different bases of the Air Force. The information from all the
patients was inserted into an information form and after completing,
inserted into SPSS software for analysis. The quantitative variables
are announced as mean ± SD and qualitative variables are
announced in percent.
Results: In total, 640 EEG tests, 52 CT-scans and 28 MRIs were used.
30.8% of the patients used a total of 759 days in the hospital with
an average 6.7±1.5 days in bed. In total the 369 conscripts had
been away from their military work for 4552 days. Most of the
people (71.2%) were exempted from war and only 14.9% were
completely exempted from the military. In total 413, 361, 900 Rials
was spent on their medical condition.
Conclusion: As lots of conscripts claim having epilepsy and seizure so
that they can be exempted from military service, it is advised that
the law of permanent medical exemption from military service be
removed for those complaining of epilepsy in time of peace and
only exemption from war be considered for such cases. Permanent
exemption is advised to only be considered for those with mental
retardation, neuralgic deficit or uncontrolled seizures. |
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Keywords: Medical exemption, Seizure, Conscription, Costs |
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Type of Study: Original |
Received: 2012/03/7 | Accepted: 2014/06/3 | Published: 2014/06/3
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