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Cost of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease by surgical stimulation sites

By Kevin T. Stroupe PhD*, Frances M. Weaver PhD, Lishan Cao MS, Dolores Ippolito MPH, Brandon R. Barton MD, MS, Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler PhD, Robert G. Holloway MD, MPH, Barbara G. Vickrey MD, MPH, Tanya Simuni MD and Kenneth A. Follett MD, PhD

Objective: To assess costs and effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the internal globus pallidum (GPi) versus subthalamic nucleus (STN) from the provider and societal perspectives for Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients in a multicenter randomized trial.

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