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Epilepsy has been termed an “ambulatory care sensitive condition,” meaning that high-quality outpatient epilepsy care can reduce unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Using this framework, high ED use is a marker of poor disease control or limited access to care.1 Do all people with epilepsy (PWE) with poorly controlled disease or limited access frequent the ED? Are other factors at play? In this changing health care landscape, with accountable care organizations and a need to reduce costs, can we predict PWE who are at high risk of frequent ED use?
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