Patients visiting the emergency room for seizures: Insurance status and clinic follow-up

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 644-647

  Farhidvash, Fariba ^a   Singh, Pradumna ^b   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^a   Arain, Amir ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Emergency department use; Epilepsy; Epilepsy treatment; Health disparity; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349111663     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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