Premature mortality in poor health and low income adults with epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine mortality and causes of death (CODs) in socioeconomically disadvantaged persons with epilepsy (PWEs) in the United States.

Methods

We performed a retrospective open cohort analysis using Ohio Medicaid claims data between 1992 and 2008 to assess mortality and COD in 68,785 adult Medicaid beneficiaries with epilepsy. Case fatality (CF), mortality rates (MRs), standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), and years of potential life lost (YPLLs) were calculated. The SMRs were estimated to compare risk of death in PWEs with that in the general Medicaid population with and without disabilities. Proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs), YPLLs, and SMRs for specific COD were also obtained.

Results

There were 12,630 deaths in PWEs. CF was 18.4%, the age-race-sex adj

SUBMITTER: Kaiboriboon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4232978 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature