Estimating prevalence, incidence, and disease-related mortality for patients with epilepsy in managed care organizations

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-319

  Holden, E Wayne ^a   Nguyen, Hoang Thanh ^a   Grossman, Elizabeth ^a   Robinson, Scott ^b   Nelson, Leila S ^b   Gunter, Margaret J ^b   Von Worley, Ann ^b   Thurman, David J ^c  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Incidence; Managed care organizations; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 13244249497     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.30604.x     Document Type: Article

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