Distinguishing language and race disparities in epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 444-449

  Betjemann, John P ^a   Thompson, Atalie C ^b   Santos Sánchez, Carlos ^a   Garcia, Paul A ^a   Ivey, Susan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Language proficiency; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Surgical utilization; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ATL; EEG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMU; EPILEPSY MONITORING UNIT; HEALTH DISPARITIES; LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY; MESIAL TEMPORAL SCLEROSIS; MTS; NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE; NIS; SURGICAL UTILIZATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TLE; UCSF; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880962507     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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