Patient characteristics and treatment patterns in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy: A US database analysis

The objective of this study was to determine patient characteristics and antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment patterns in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in a United States (US) population followed for ≥180 days. In this retrospective cohort study, Commercial, Supplemental Medicare, and Medicai...

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Published in:Epilepsy & behavior 2018-08, Vol.85, p.37-44
Main Authors: Faught, Edward, Helmers, Sandra, Thurman, David, Kim, Hyunmi, Kalilani, Linda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Antiepileptic drug
Child
Child, Preschool
Databases, Factual
Drug Therapy, Combination
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - diagnosis
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Incident
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Practice Patterns, Physicians
Retrospective Studies
Seizures - diagnosis
Seizures - drug therapy
Seizures - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The objective of this study was to determine patient characteristics and antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment patterns in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in a United States (US) population followed for ≥180 days. In this retrospective cohort study, Commercial, Supplemental Medicare, and Medicaid insurance claims from US-based Truven Health MarketScan® claims database were analyzed for incident epilepsy cases (index date: January 2010–June 2013; prior baseline of 2 years [1 year for ages 1 to
ISSN:1525-5050
1525-5069
DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.05.019