Health resource use in epilepsy: Significant disparities by age, gender, and aboriginal status

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 586-593

  Jetté, Nathalie ^a,b   Quan, Hude ^a   Faris, Peter ^a   Dean, Stafford ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Fong, Andrew ^a   Wiebe, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Disparity; Epilepsy; ICD 9; International Classification of Diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43349097426     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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