Time to pediatric epilepsy surgery is longer and developmental outcomes lower for government compared with private insurance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 152-157

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

^a MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Disparities; Health inequity; Hemispherectomy; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME TO TREATMENT; VINELAND SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; PRIVATE SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84880571974     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000429849.99330.6e     Document Type: Article

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