Neurology
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To assess the inpatient hospitalization burden and costs of patients with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) at a tertiary care institution. ⋯ Patients with AE used more inpatient health care resources per patient during a 10-year period than patients with HSE at our institution. ICU-admitted patients with AE were responsible for a substantially higher financial burden than non-ICU-admitted patients with AE. Our data underscore the need for the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities to improve patient outcomes and to decrease hospital burden in AE.