Racial/ethnic disparities in the treatment of epilepsy: what do we know? What do we need to know?

M Szaflarski, JP Szaflarski, MD Privitera, DM Ficker… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
We propose a framework to identify the array of disparities, … We excluded reviews of
racial/ethnic differences in … We also excluded the following: medical case reports (eg, where the …

Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy

…, Task Force on Disparities in Epilepsy Care, on … - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… Our main objective was to identify disparities in the following areas of epilepsy: … have largely
been conducted in the United States and Canada have shown that racial/ethnic disparities

FACETS of health disparities in epilepsy surgery and gaps that need to be addressed

CL Nathan, C Gutierrez - Neurology: Clinical Practice, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
… Though fear of surgery has not been explicitly studied in epilepsy patients, we can learn from
studies in other … Additional research needs to be done to determine how trust plays a role in …

Racial disparities in the use of surgical treatment for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

JG Burneo, L Black, RC Knowlton, E Faught… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
… new cases destined to meet criteria of intractability … is the need to report racial/ethnic
disparities in the different areas of medicine so the health needs of specific racial/ethnic groups are

Evaluating racial/ethnic variations in outpatient epilepsy care

R Avetisyan, H Cabral, G Montouris, K Jarrett… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2013 - Elsevier
… This paper specifically focuses on the findings related to racial/ethnic differences in care. …
population with epilepsy, largely because we used a two-year time period to identify new cases…

Disparities in pediatric epilepsy remission are associated with race and ethnicity

CHY Gregerson, AV Bakian, J Wilkes… - Journal of child …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
we sought to identify risk factors associated with race/ethnicity that might contribute to differences
in attaining seizure … and the racial/ethnic demographics of the cohort was not reported. …

Distinguishing language and race disparities in epilepsy surgery

JP Betjemann, AC Thompson, C Santos-Sánchez… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2013 - Elsevier
We aimed to determine whether race/ethnicity impacts use of anterior temporal lobectomy …
use of a well-established surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy differs by racial/ethnic

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

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 …