Trends in hospitalization and readmission for pediatric epilepsy and underutilization of epilepsy surgery in the United States

BackgroundPrevious studies have shown the healthcare utilization for medically refractory epilepsy and epilepsy surgery until 2012 with disparities according to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. To extend these data and add other utilization information, we retrospectively investigated the nationwide trends in hospitalization and readmission during 2010–2015.MethodWe extracted data on inpatients who were diagnosed with epilepsy and those...