Improving Epilepsy Care in Ontario, Canada: The Impact of a Provincial Strategy for Epilepsy Care.

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Tác giả: Tresah C Antaya, Lysa Boissé Lomax, Jorge G Burneo, Brooke Carter, Elizabeth Donner, Kirk Nylen, Salimah Z Shariff, O Carter Snead

Ngôn ngữ: eng

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Thông tin xuất bản: England : The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques , 2025

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Bộ sưu tập: NCBI

ID: 721317

OBJECTIVE: In 2016, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care implemented the Provincial Strategy for Epilepsy Care to increase epilepsy surgery use in Ontario, Canada. The objectives of this study were to assess whether the use of (1) epilepsy surgery, including (a) its receipt and (b) assessments for candidacy, and (2) other healthcare for epilepsy, including (a) neurological consultations, (b) emergency department (ED) visits and (c) hospital admissions, changed since its implementation. METHODS: We used linked health administrative data and an interrupted time series design. Annual cohorts were created for July 1 RESULTS: There was a level increase in the rate of epilepsy surgery of 48% (95% CI: 0%, 118%) and slope decreases in the rates of neurological consultations, ED visits and hospital admissions for epilepsy of 10% (95% CI: -15%, -5%), 10% (95% CI: -20%, 1%) and 7% (95% CI: -12%, -1%) per year, respectively, associated with the Provincial Strategy. CONCLUSION: The Provincial Strategy may be associated with an increased rate of epilepsy surgery and reduced rates of other healthcare use for epilepsy. Other regions experiencing low epilepsy surgery rates may benefit from similar interventions.
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