Sociodemographic changes over 25 years of pediatric epilepsy surgery at UCLA

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-255

  Hauptman, Jason S ^a   Dadour, Andrew ^a   Oh, Taemin ^a   Baca, Christine B ^b,d   Vickrey, Barbara G ^b,d   Vassar, Stefanie D ^b   Sankar, Raman ^a,b,c   Salamon, Noriko ^a   Vinters, Harry V ^a,b   Mathern, Gary W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Epilepsy; Health inequity; Seizure; Socioeconomic disparity

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874736364     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.11.PEDS12359     Document Type: Article

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