Relationship between office-based provider visits and emergency department encounters among publicly-insured adults with epilepsy.

CONCLUSION: In this representative sample of publicly-insured adults with epilepsy, higher frequency of office visits was not associated with lower ED utilization, which may be due to underlying greater disease severity or propensity for more treatment complications.
PMID: 29429907 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - February 8, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Lekoubou A, Bishu KG, Ovbiagele B Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research