Common comorbidities in women and men with epilepsy and the relationship between number of comorbidities and health plan paid costs in 2010

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-20

  Wilner, A N ^a   Sharma, B K ^b   Soucy, A ^b   Thompson, A ^b   Krueger, A ^b  

^a Lawrence and Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Accordant Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Correlation; Epilepsy; Gender difference; Health care cost; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE;

EID: 84892900336     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.12.032     Document Type: Article

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