Epilepsy Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries
Moura L, Smith J, Blacker D, Vogeli C, Schwamm L, Cole A, Hernandez-Diaz S, Hsu J. Epilepsy Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries. Medical Care 2019, 57: 318-324. PMID: 30762723, PMCID: PMC6417929, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedicare administrative dataEpilepsy statusMedicare beneficiariesMedicare dataEpilepsy diagnosisElectronic health record dataElderly Medicare beneficiariesHealth record dataHealth insurance claimsAdministrative dataElectronic health recordsIncident epilepsyPrevalent epilepsyDrug claimsEpilepsyDiagnostic thresholdStratified random sampleInverse probabilityHealth recordsMedicare claims can identify post-stroke epilepsy
Moura L, Smith J, Blacker D, Vogeli C, Schwamm L, Hsu J. Medicare claims can identify post-stroke epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2019, 151: 40-47. PMID: 30780120, PMCID: PMC6640134, DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2019.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsAccountable care organizationsMedicare claimsCommunity-dwelling elderly individualsPost-stroke epilepsyElderly Medicare beneficiariesClaims-based algorithmPositive predictive valuePioneer Accountable Care OrganizationsDiscrete etiologyNeurologist visitOverall prevalenceMedicare patientsClaims diagnosesPSE diagnosisElderly individualsMedicare beneficiariesPatientsPredictive valueEpilepsyFuture epidemiological surveillanceEpidemiological surveillanceInverse probabilityHealth recordsDiagnosis