Health care utilization and mortality for people with epilepsy during COVID-19: A population study.
Huw StraffordJoseph HollinghurstArron S LaceyAshley AkbariAlan WatkinsJan PatersonDaniel JenningsRonan A LyonsH Robert PowellMichael P KerrRichard F M ChinWilliam Owen PickrellPublished in: Epilepsia (2024)
All-cause non-COVID deaths did not increase but non-COVID deaths associated with epilepsy did increase for PWE during the COVID-19 pandemic. The longer term effects of the decrease in new epilepsy diagnoses and health care utilization and increase in deaths associated with epilepsy need further research.