Incidence and prevalence of treated epilepsy among poor health and low-income Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the incidence and prevalence of treated epilepsy in an adult Medicaid population.

Methods

We performed a retrospective, dynamic cohort analysis using Ohio Medicaid claims data between 1992 and 2006. Individuals aged 18-64 years were identified as prevalent cases if they had ≥2 claims of epilepsy (ICD-9-CM: 345.xx) or ≥3 claims of convulsion (ICD-9-CM: 780.3 or 780.39) and ≥2 claims of antiepileptic drugs. Incident cases were required to have no epilepsy or convulsion claims for ≥5 years before epilepsy diagnosis. Subjects were determined as having preexisting disability and/or comorbid conditions, including brain tumor, depression, developmental disorders, migraine, schizophrenia, stroke, and traumatic brain injury, when at least one of these conditio

SUBMITTER: Kaiboriboon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716344 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature