Readmission and emergency department presentation after hospitalisation for epilepsy in people with intellectual disability: A data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the high prevalence of epilepsy and multiple barriers to care in people with intellectual disability, the risk of returning to hospital after an admission for epilepsy is largely unknown. In this study, we sought to quantify and compare readmission and emergency department (ED) presentations after hospitalisation for epilepsy in people with and without intellectual disability.

Methods and findings

Using linked administrative datasets, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of people aged 5-64 years with an acute hospitalisation for epilepsy from 2005-2014 in New South Wales, Australia. Acute readmission and ED presentation rates within 30, 90, and 365 days of the index hospitalisation were estimated and compared between people with and without intellect

SUBMITTER: Liao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9342714 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature