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February 2023; 13 (1) Research Article

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antiseizure Medications Among People With Epilepsy on Medicaid

A Case of Potential Inequities

Wyatt P. Bensken, Guadalupe Fernandez Baca Vaca, Philip M. Alberti, Omar I. Khan, Timothy H. Ciesielski, Barbara C. Jobst, Scott M. Williams, Kurt C. Stange, Martha Sajatovic, Siran M. Koroukian
First published January 11, 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200101
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vol. 13 no. 1 e200101
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200101
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
2163-0402
Online ISSN: 
2163-0933
History: 
  • Received May 16, 2022
  • Accepted October 3, 2022
  • First Published January 11, 2023.
Copyright & Usage: 
© 2023 American Academy of Neurology

Author Disclosures

    1. Wyatt P. Bensken, PhD,
    2. Guadalupe Fernandez Baca Vaca, MD,
    3. Philip M. Alberti, PhD,
    4. Omar I. Khan, MD,
    5. Timothy H. Ciesielski, ScD, MD, MPH,
    6. Barbara C. Jobst, MD, PhD,
    7. Scott M. Williams, PhD,
    8. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD,
    9. Martha Sajatovic, MD and
    10. Siran M. Koroukian, PhD
  1. Wyatt P. Bensken, PhD,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. (1) Neurology, Editorial Board Member, 2022

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. (1) OCHIN, Inc, Dr. Bensken is employed as a Health Disparities Investigator at OCHIN, Inc (a health equity-focused 501(c)(3))

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) NIH / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 1F31MD015681, PI, 2021-2022

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Guadalupe Fernandez Baca Vaca, MD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  3. Philip M. Alberti, PhD,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  4. Omar I. Khan, MD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. Contributing Editor PracticeUpdate Elsevier

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NINDS, NIH. Employee.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Timothy H. Ciesielski, ScD, MD, MPH,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. My funding over the past 2 years has come through Darcy Freedman and Scott Williams (these were not my grants).The National Dairy Council-FFAR (Dairy Management Inc.)

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. My funding over the past 2 years has come through Darcy Freedman and Scott Williams (these were not my grants).NIHOhio Bureau of Workers Compensation USDA (Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program)NOPREN/SNAP-Ed (The Ohio State University)

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. My funding over the past 2 years has come through Darcy Freedman and Scott Williams.Case Western Reserve UniversityThe Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. My funding over the past 2 years has come through Darcy Freedman and Scott Williams (these were not my grants).Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Produce Perks MidwestMichael and Susan Dell Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Barbara C. Jobst, MD, PhD,
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Associate Editor for Neurology

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. U48 DP006377-01M001Jobst, Escoffery (multiple PI)10/2019-09/2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionHome based self-management and cognitive training changes lives (HOBSCOTCH). This is a replication trial at DH and Emory University to study diverse population and disseminate a self-management program (HOBSCOTCH) developed at DH for cognition in patients in epilepsy. Role: PI and PI of MEW network 2019-2022NIH U01 NS108929-01 (subaward 38854/00)Jobst (PI)06/2019-05/2024NIH UG3NS112826 (subaward)Jobst (PI)09/2019 – 08/2024NINDS (Yale university prime: Blumenfeld PI)Thalamic stimulation to prevent impaired consciousness in epilepsyThe goals of this project are to complete necessary applications and protocols to initiate a study using deep brain stimulation of the thalamic intralaminar central lateral nuclei to improve outcomes for patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.Role: Site PI

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  7. Scott M. Williams, PhD,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. PLOS Genetics, Section Editor, 2011-present

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NIH, R01 AI148469, MPI, 2020-presentNIH, AG058654, coI, 2021-presentNIH, R56 AG072547, MPI, 2021-presentNIH, R13 HG011415-01, PI< 2021-presentNIH, R01LM010098, MPI, 2013-presnetMarch of Dimes, coI, 2014-present

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  8. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD,
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. I am funded by multiple research grants:*Title: Wisdom of Practice InitiativeMajor Goals: To bring to light the mechanisms by which person-focused practice makes a difference in the lives of individuals, families, communities and populations, how contextual factors affect these relationships, and how a new generation sees their place in the future of person-focused health care.*Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: n/aName of PD/PI: Stange, Kurt*Source of Support: University Suburban Health Center Foundation*Primary Place of Performance: Case Western Reserve UniversityProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 04/2021 &#x0096; 03/2026 * Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $2,000,000* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 2021 1.82 calendar2. 2022 3.12 calendar3. 20233.12 calendar4. 20243.12 calendar5. 20253.12 calendar*Title: Health Improvement Partnership- Cuyahoga (HIP-Cuyahoga): Supporting Communities in Achieving Equity and Better HealthMajor Goals: To reduce racial disparities in chronic disease by rapidly implementing pragmatic approaches to nutrition, physical activity, and community-clinical linkages in the African American population within Cuyahoga County. *Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: NU58DP006586Name of PD/PI: Halko, Martha*Source of Support: CDC*Primary Place of Performance: Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Cleveland, OhioProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 09/2018-09/2023* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $3,960,000 / $210,310 (sub-award)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 2019 0.54 calendar 2. 20200.54 calendar3. 20210.54 calendar4. 20220.54 calendar5. 20230.54 calendar*Title: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Support GrantMajor Goals: 1) Improve prevention, diagnosis, and therapy of cancer through research; 2) Stimulate and support innovative, coordinated, interdisciplinary research on cancer diagnosis, treatment, and control; 3) Develop clinical applications of research discoveries and make them available as quickly as possible; 4) Develop cancer prevention and control activities to help reduce cancer morbidity and mortality.*Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: P30 CA043703Name of PD/PI: Gerson, Stan*Source of Support: NIH/NCI*Primary Place of Performance: Case Western Reserve UniversityProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 04/2018-03/2023* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $3,088,653 / $618,290 (Multimethod Cancer Outcomes Shared Resource)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 2018 0.54 calendar2. 2019 0.54 calendar3. 20200.54 calendar4. 20210.54 calendar5. 20220.54 calendar*Title: Clinical Translational Science Award Major Goals: This award provides infrastructure to support translational science and clinical trials at Case Western Reserve University.*Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: U54 TR001960Name of PD/PI: Konstan, Michael*Source of Support: NIH/NCATS0*Primary Place of Performance: Case Western Reserve UniversityProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 04/2018-03/2023 * Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $8,261,333* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 20181.02 calendar2. 2019 1.02 calendar3. 20201.02 calendar4. 20211.02 calendar5. 20221.02 calendar*Title: Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials NetworkMajor Goals: Foster a culture of rigorous scientific comparisons and promote evaluation of newer surgical techniques, devices, and innovative pharmaceutical and bioengineered products to improve adult cardiovascular disease outcomes. *Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: U01 HL088942Name of PD/PI: Blackstone, Eugene *Source of Support: NHLBI/NINDS/NIH/CIHR*Primary Place of Performance: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (one of 10 core clinical centers) Project/Proposal Start and End Date: 03/2019-03/2026 * Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $44,956 (sub-award)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 20190.25 calendar2. 2020 0.25 calendar3. 20210.25 calendar4. 20220.25 calendar5. 20230.25 calendar6. 20240.25 calendar7. 20250.25 calendar*Title: Tailoring Inventions to Improve Preventive Health Service Use Major Goals: To implement and evaluate a multilevel intervention to increase Medicare recipients&#x0092; annual well visit use, improve utilization of evidence-based preventive health services, and reduce use of services not supported by scientific evidence.*Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: RFA-AG-20-045Name of PD/PI: Tarn, Derjung M.*Source of Support: NIH/NIA*Primary Place of Performance: University of California, Los AngelesProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 07/2020-06/2025* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $101,534 (sub-award)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 20210.6 calendar2. 20220.6 calendar3. 20230.6 calendar4. 20240.6 calendar5. 20250.6 calendar*Title: Testing the Effectiveness of Individualized Disease Prevention for Middle-Aged AdultsMajor Goals: Help middle-aged adults make informed decisions about health care services that are most likely to promote a longer, healthier life. *Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: R01 AG059979Name of PD/PI: Taksler, Glen*Source of Support: NIH/NIA*Primary Place of Performance: Cleveland Clinic FoundationProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 04/2019-03/2024* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $497,878 / $31,730 (sub-award)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period.Year (YYYY)Person Months (##.##)1. 2019 N/A: Participation began in 20212. 2020 N/A3. 20211.2 calendar4. 20221.2 calendar5. 20231.2 calendar*Title: Involving Communities in Delivering and Disseminating Health Disparity InterventionsMajor Goals: To evaluate the effect of training and including community members as peer reviewers of scientific articles in two major general medical journals.*Status of Support: ActiveProject Number: U54 MD002265Name of PD/PI: Sehgal, Ashwini*Source of Support: NIMHD*Primary Place of Performance: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OhioProject/Proposal Start and End Date: 09/2017-08/2022* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $4,408,127 / $126,084 (sub-award)* Person Months (Calendar/Academic/Summer) per budget period. 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    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. See grant disclosures above.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. None

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

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  9. Martha Sajatovic, MD and
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. None

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Editorial Board of:BJPsychOpenBipolar Disorders

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. Text book/educational text Royalties: Springer Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Oxford Press, UpToDate

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Consultant: Alkermes, Otsuka, Sunovion, Janssen, Lundbeck, Teva, Clinical Education Alliance, Health Analytics

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Research grants: Otsuka

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. National Institute of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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  10. Siran M. Koroukian, PhD
    11. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. None

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) -- Registration and travel expenses as an invited speaker

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. I am on a NIH study section, and recently reviewed a grant applications for UK Research Institute.

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. This study was support by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 3 U48 DP005030-05S1 In the past 36 months, Dr. Koroukian was supported by grants from the: National Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (P30 CA043703); The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U48 DP005030-05S1 and U48 DP006404-03S7; National Institutes of Health (R15 NR017792, and UH3- DE025487, R01 AG074946-01) American Cancer Society ( 132678-RSGI-19-213-01-CPHPS and RWIA-20-111-02 RWIA); and by contracts from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, including a subcontract from Celgene Corporation. The contents of this study are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the CDC.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. American Cancer Society ( 132678-RSGI-19-213-01-CPHPS and RWIA-20-111-02 RWIA)

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (WPB, THC, SMW, KCS, MS), School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Department of Neurology (GFBV), University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; AAMC Center for Health Justice (PMA), Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC; Epilepsy Center of Excellence (OIK), Baltimore VA Medical Center, US Department of Veterans Affairs, MD; Department of Neurology and Geisel School of Medicine (BCJ), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Center for Community Health Integration (KCS, MS), Department of Sociology, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; and Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry (SMK), University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, OH.
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    Dr. Bensken wpb27{at}case.edu
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