Socioeconomic outcome and access to care in adults with epilepsy in Sweden: a nationwide cohort study

An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and epilepsy has been demonstrated in both insurance-based and public health-care systems. A US survey in 2010 by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention demonstrated that the prevalence of active epilepsy is 1% in the US, but 1.9% in low-income US households [1]. A geographical correlation between socioeconomic deprivation and prevalence of epilepsy has been disclosed in the UK [2]. Data also indicate that SES is associated with the severity of epilepsy.

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