Incident Epilepsy Among US Medicare Beneficiaries, 2019
We found higher epilepsy IRs among those enrolled in the Medicare FFS system 2016-2019 than previous studies using Medicare claims data from at least a decade ago. The risk of epilepsy onset is higher for those in their late 80s, men, and non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic older adults. There is also evidence that these age-graded risks operate differently for Black men and Black women. Efforts to provide care and services that improve quality of life for older adults living with epilepsy should consider differences by multiple social characteristics simultaneously: age, sex, and race/ethnicity.
Authors
- Siran M. Koroukian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-9581)
- Magdalena Szaflarski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-1405)
- David F. Warner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8658-2237)
- Gena R. Ghearing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4477-2868)
- Long Vu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2433-0685)
- Nicholas K. Schiltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-6477)
- Martha Sajatovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-668X)
- Hannah L. Fein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5907-3951)
- Wyatt P. Bensken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-9732)
Institutions
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000209804
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.93
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Bowling Green State University
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development