Abstract
Objective
To investigate whether delayed or no treatment was associated with increased mortality and morbidity risks in people with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
Methods
We examined New Zealand hospitalization and antiseizure medication prescription data from 2007‐2015. Mortality and hospital‐diagnosed morbidities were compared between patients immediately treated after epilepsy diagnosis, treated after a delay, or untreated for the duration of follow‐up, adjusted for age, sex, and ethnicity.
Results
Three thousand three hundred sixty‐six patients (54.7% male, median age = 37.5 years) were included and followed up for a ...
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