Persistent racial and ethnic disparities as a potential source of epilepsy surgery underutilization: analysis of large national datasets from 2006–2016

YJ Hamade, EF Palzer, ES Helgeson, JT Hanson… - Epilepsy Research, 2021 - Elsevier
… Because the NIS contains procedure codes, we next examined whether we could identify
if this decrease in surgical admissions could be related to decreases in any specific surgery …

Racialized inequities in epilepsy burden and treatment

M Szaflarski - Neurologic Clinics, 2022 - neurologic.theclinics.com
are also variable, but racial/ethnic inequities are noted. Research shows disproportionately
high ED use … A study based on EMRs found a third of the patients with ED visit for epilepsy to …

Disparities in Epilepsy Diagnosis and Management in High-Income Countries: A Review of the Literature

JS Miller, F Oladele, D McAfee, CO Adereti… - Neurology: Clinical …, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
… VEEG monitoring is essential to determine whether a person with epilepsy is a … have been
challenged. AA persons were also found to have higher perceived racial/ethnic disparities and …

Racial disparities in medication adherence barriers: pediatric epilepsy as an exemplar

AM Gutierrez-Colina, SE Wetter… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
… health inequities among racial-ethnic minority populations, including epilepsy, highlight the
critical need to … To better understand potential key drivers of these disparities, we adopted the …

Racial and ethnic differences in antiseizure medications among people with epilepsy on Medicaid: A case of potential inequities

WP Bensken, G Fernandez Baca Vaca… - Neurology: Clinical …, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
… undertook this study to determine (1) whether newer ASMs were … : Do we find evidence that
racial/ethnic differences in ASM adherence can be explained by avoidable differences in the …

Delays and disparities in diagnosis for adults with epilepsy: findings from US Medicaid data

WP Bensken, SM Navale, AS Andrew, BC Jobst… - Epilepsy research, 2020 - Elsevier
… to identify overall pathways between an initial seizure and the … we know of to clearly
demonstrate racial/ethnic disparities in … epilepsy literature by heightening awareness of the need

Poverty, insurance, and region as predictors of epilepsy treatment among US adults

M Szaflarski, JD Wolfe, JGS Tobias, I Mohamed… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
… , are warranted to better understand healthcare needs of … such disparities in epilepsy care
can also be expected. Socioeconomic status could explain some of the racial/ethnic disparities

The effects of racial and socioeconomic disparities on time to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric functional seizures in the United States

C Watson, Q Crichlow, B Valaiyapathi… - … Journal of Epilepsy, 2024 - Elsevier
… emphasize the need to identify and address disparities in time to diagnosis and treatment
in … aimed to assess disparities in time to treatment and diagnosis. However, future research …

Health equity integrated epilepsy care and research: A narrative review

EG Gotlieb, L Blank, AW Willis, P Agarwal, N Jette - Epilepsia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We began by conducting a literature search on health disparities in epilepsy to determine
which people with … Evaluating racial/ethnic variations in outpatient epilepsy care. …

[HTML][HTML] Health disparities in pediatric epilepsy: methods and lessons learned

J Wagner, S Bhatia, BO Marquis, I Vetter… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
… searches were performed to identify disparity factors (eg, … disparity concept; we sought
a set of terms that encompassed mental health disorders, substance abuse disorders, racial/ethnic/…