By Brodie, M. J.; Shorvon, S. D.; Canger, R.; Halász, P.; Johannessen, S.; Thompson, P.; Wieser, H. G.; Wolf, P.

The countries of Europe have widely varying structures and systems for the provision of health care. Emphasis differs in the balance between primary and secondary care; the provision of inpatient and outpatient services; the availability of specialized investigations and epilepsy surgery; the quality of training, audit and research; and total expenditure on health. For this reason, the Commission on European Affairs of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) felt the need to provide guidelines for standards of medical care appropriate to the whole of Europe.
This article is an outline of its consensus view achieved after consultation with the European Advisory Group (representing all European chapters of the ILAE) and with the approval of the ILAE General Assembly.

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