Register-based analysis of the long-term effects of epilepsy (2015)

Conducted for KORA og Poul Jennum, Professor, Consultant, Dr. Med.

Study of the short- and long-term socioeconomic and health care consequences of epilepsy in children and adolescents under the age of 20.

The study is split into several subanalyses.

Analysis of the long-term socioeconomic and health-related consequences of epilepsy in the 20th and 30th year of life – educational status, occupation, income, health care costs and co-morbidity
Analysis of the short-term health care consequences of epilepsy in the first ten years following diagnosis – health care costs and co-morbidity
Analysis of survival rate (mortality)

The study’s findings are used in several scientific articles – including:

Long-term socioeconomic consequences and health care costs of childhood and adolescent-onset epilepsy, Jun 2016 Epilepsia, Poul Jennum, Jakob Christensen, Rikke Ibsen, Jakob Kjellberg
Welfare cost of childhood- and adolescent-onset epilepsy: A controlled national study. Epilepsy & Behavior 08/2016; 61. Poul Jennum, Line Pickering, Jakob Christensen, Rikke Ibsen, Jakob Kjellberg.

This project involved the use of complex Big Data over long time periods. The study findings resulted in several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Poul Jennum Professor, Consultant, Dr. Med.

I have worked with i2minds for many years and will continue to do so. Rikke and Michael are informal, easy to work with and get things done on time – every time. In this specific project, they combined health data and labour market data over long time periods and this is a unique and rare competence.

Jakob Kjellberg Professor, Programme Director for Health, MSc., Health Econ., KORA