13 results on '"Grosse, Scott D."'
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2. Healthcare Costs of Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States, 2003–2015.
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Zuvekas, Samuel H., Grosse, Scott D., Lavelle, Tara A., Maenner, Matthew J., Dietz, Patricia, and Ji, Xu
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MEDICAL care costs , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *PEDIATRICS , *AUTISM in children , *COST analysis , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *DATA analysis software - Abstract
Published healthcare cost estimates for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) vary widely. One possible contributor is different methods of case ascertainment. In this study, ASD case status was determined using two sources of parent reports among 45,944 children ages 3–17 years in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) linked to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Sample Child Core questionnaire. In a two-part regression model, the incremental annual per-child cost of ASD relative to no ASD diagnosis was $3930 (2018 US dollars) using ASD case status from the NHIS Child Core and $5621 using current-year ASD case status from MEPS. Both estimates are lower than some published estimates but still represent substantial costs to the US healthcare system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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3. Quantifying Family Spillover Effects in Economic Evaluations: Measurement and Valuation of Informal Care Time.
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Grosse, Scott D., Pike, Jamison, Soelaeman, Rieza, and Tilford, J. Mick
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CONTINGENT valuation , *OPPORTUNITY costs , *CONJOINT analysis , *VALUATION , *TIME management - Abstract
Spillover effects on the welfare of family members may refer to caregiver health effects, informal care time costs, or both. This review focuses on methods that have been used to measure and value informal care time and makes suggestions for their appropriate use in cost-of-illness and cost-effectiveness analyses. It highlights the importance of methods to value informal care time that are independent of caregiver health effects in order to minimize double counting of spillover effects. Although the concept of including caregiver time costs in economic evaluations is not new, relatively few societal perspective cost-effectiveness analyses have included informal care, with the exception of dementia. This is due in part to challenges in measuring and valuing time costs. Analysts can collect information on time spent in informal care or can assess its impact in displacing other time use, notably time in paid employment. A key challenge is to ensure appropriate comparison groups that do not require informal care to be able to correctly estimate attributable informal care time or foregone market work. To value informal care time, analysts can use estimates of hourly earnings in either opportunity cost or replacement cost approaches. Researchers have used widely varying estimates of hourly earnings. Alternatively, stated-preference methods (i.e. contingent valuation, conjoint analysis) can be used to value the effect of informal care on utility, but this can entail double counting with health effects. Lack of consensus and standardization of methods makes it difficult to compare estimates of informal care costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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4. Criteria for fairly allocating scarce health-care resources to genetic tests: which matter most?
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Rogowski, Wolf H, Grosse, Scott D, Schmidtke, Jörg, and Marckmann, Georg
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MEDICAL care financing , *GENETIC testing , *HEALTH care management industry , *INDUSTRIAL hygiene , *SOCIAL services , *INFORMATION resources - Abstract
The use of genetic tests is expanding rapidly. Given limited health-care budgets throughout Europe and few national coverage decisions specifically for genetic tests, decisions about allocating scarce resources to genetic tests are frequently ad hoc and left to lower-level decision makers. This study assesses substantive ethical and economic criteria to prioritize genetic services in a reasonable and fair manner. Principles for allocating health-care resources can be classified into four categories: need-based allocation; maximizing total benefits; treating people equally; and promoting and rewarding social usefulness. In the face of scarcity, the degree of an individual's need for medical intervention is an important criterion. Also, different economic concepts of efficiency are of relevance in the theory and practice of prioritizing genetic tests. Equity concerns are most likely to be relevant in terms of avoiding undesirable inequities, which may also set boundaries to the use of efficiency as a prioritization criterion. The aim of promoting and rewarding social usefulness is unlikely to be relevant to the question of what priority a genetic test should have in clinical practice. Further work is needed to select an appropriate set of criteria; operationalize them; and assign weights before some kind of standardized priority information can be added to information sources for genetic services. Besides the substantive criteria, formal considerations like those pointed out in the framework of accountability for reasonableness need to be considered in decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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5. Health Utility Elicitation Is There Still a Role for Direct Methods?
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Prosser, Lisa A., Grosse, Scott D., and Wittenberg, Eve
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METHODOLOGY , *MEDICAL care , *PUBLIC health , *HUMAN services - Abstract
The article reflects on the role of direct method in health utility elicitation. It is said that the important advantages of indirect methods in ease of use and comparability of results across studies may be tempered by their limited descriptive ability to capture all health attributes of a condition. It is also said that the indirect measures exclude the altruistic component of spillover effects.
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- 2012
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6. Challenges of translating genetic tests into clinical and public health practice.
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Rogowski, Wolf H., Grosse, Scott D., and Khoury, Muin J.
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GENETIC translation , *GENETIC polymorphisms , *GENOTYPE-environment interaction , *MEDICAL care , *HUMAN services - Abstract
Research in genetics and genomics has led to an expanding list of molecular genetic tests, which are increasingly entering health care systems. However, the evidence surrounding the benefits and harms of these tests is frequently weak. Here we present the main challenges to the successful translation of new research findings about genotype-phenotype associations into clinical practice. We discuss the means to achieve an accelerated translation research agenda that is conducted in a reasonable, fair and efficient manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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7. Health state preference scores for children with permanent childhood hearing loss: a comparative analysis of the QWB and HUI3.
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Smith-Olinde, Laura, Grosse, Scott D., Olinde, Frank, Martin, Patti F., and Tilford, John M.
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DEAFNESS in children , *HEARING disorders in children , *QUALITY of life , *COCHLEAR implants , *HEARING impaired , *AUDIOLOGY , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare two preference-weighted, caregiver-reported measures of health-related quality of life for children with permanent childhood hearing loss to determine whether cost-effectiveness analysis applied to deaf and hard of hearing populations will provide similar answers based on the choice of instrument. Caregivers of 103 children in Arkansas, USA, with documented hearing loss completed the Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB) and the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) to describe the health status of their children. Audiology and other clinical measures were abstracted from medical records. Mean scores were compared overall and by degree of hearing loss. Linear regression was used to correlate preference scores with a four-frequency pure-tone average, cochlear implant status, and other factors. Mean preference scores for the QWB and HUI3 were similar (0.601 and 0.619, respectively) although the HUI3 demonstrated a wider range of values (−0.132 to 1.000) compared to the QWB (0.345–0.854) and was more sensitive to mild hearing loss. Both measures correlated with the pure-tone average, were negatively associated with comorbid conditions and positively associated with cochlear implant status. In the best fitting regression models, similar estimates for cochlear implant status and comorbid conditions were obtained from the two measures. Despite considerable differences in the HUI3 and the QWB scale, we found agreement between the two instruments at the mean, but clinically important differences across a number of measures. The two instruments are likely to yield different estimates of cost-effectiveness ratios, especially for interventions involving mild to moderate hearing loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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8. Medical Expenditures for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Privately Insured Population.
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Shimabukuro, Tom T., Grosse, Scott D., and Rice, Catherine
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DIAGNOSIS of autism in children , *AUTISM in adolescence , *MEDICAL care costs , *EMPLOYER-sponsored health insurance , *DATABASES , *DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities - Abstract
This study provides estimates of medical expenditures for a subset of children and adolescents who receive employer-based health insurance and have a medical diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Data analyzed were from the 2003 MarketScan® research databases. Individuals with an ASD had average medical expenditures that exceeded those without an ASD by $4,110–$6,200 per year. On average, medical expenditures for individuals with an ASD were 4.1–6.2 times greater than for those without an ASD. Differences in median expenditures ranged from $2,240 to $3,360 per year with median expenditures 8.4–9.5 times greater. These findings add to a growing body of evidence that children and adolescents with medical diagnoses of an ASD incur elevated medical utilization and costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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9. The Business Case for Preconception Care: Methods and Issues.
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Grosse, Scott D., Sotnikov, Sergey V., Leatherman, Sheila, and Curtis, Michele
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PRECONCEPTION care , *GESTATIONAL diabetes , *HUMAN abnormalities , *PREGNANCY complications , *MATERNAL health services , *PRENATAL care - Abstract
Only a limited number of economic evaluations have addressed the costs and benefits of preconception care. In order to persuade health care providers, payers, or purchasers to become actively involved in promoting preconception care, it is important to demonstrate the value of doing so through development of a “business case”. Perceived benefits in terms of organizational reputation and market share can be influential in forming a business case. In addition, it is standard to include an economic analysis of financial costs and benefits from the perspective of the provider practice, payer, or purchaser in a business case. The methods, data needs, and other issues involved with preparing an economic analysis of the likely financial return on investment in preconception care are presented here. This is accompanied by a review or case study of economic evaluations of preconception care for women with recognized diabetes. Although the data are not sufficient to draw firm conclusions, there are indications that such care may yield positive financial benefits to health care organizations through reduction in maternal and infant hospitalizations. More work is needed to establish how costs and economic benefits are distributed among different types of organizations. Also, the optimum methods of delivering preconception care for women with diabetes need to be evaluated. Similar assessments should also be conducted for other forms of preconception care, including comprehensive care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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10. Health state preference scores of children with spina bifida and their caregivers.
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Tilford, John M., Grosse, Scott D., Robbins, James M., Pyne, Jeffrey M., Cleves, Mario A., and Hobbs, Charlotte A.
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COST effectiveness , *CHILD care , *MEDICAL care , *PRIMARY care , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *THERAPEUTICS , *FAMILIES & psychology , *PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers , *COMPARATIVE studies , *HEALTH status indicators , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *PATIENT satisfaction , *PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities , *QUALITY of life , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH funding , *EVALUATION research , *QUALITY-adjusted life years , *SPINA bifida , *DISEASE progression , *PREVENTION - Abstract
Cost-effectiveness evaluations of interventions to prevent or treat spina bifida require quality of life information measured as preference scores. Preference scores of caregivers also may be relevant. This study tested whether the preference scores of children with spina bifida and their caregivers would decrease as disability in the child increased. Families of children aged 0-17 with spina bifida (N = 98) were identified using a birth defect surveillance system in the state of Arkansas. Primary caregivers of children with spina bifida identified other families with an unaffected child (N = 49). Preference scores for child health states were determined using the Health Utilities Index--Mark 2 (HUI2). Caregiver preference scores were determined using the Quality of Well-Being (QWB) scale. Children with spina bifida were categorized into three disability levels according to the location of the child's lesion. Mean preference scores declined for both affected children and the primary caregiver as disability in the child increased. In multivariate analysis, the preference score of the child was a significant and positive predictor of the primary caregiver's preference score. A more modest association was found for caregiver health preference scores by lesion location. The findings can inform cost-effectiveness evaluations of interventions to treat or prevent spina bifida. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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11. THE POLITICS OF FAMILY PLANNING IN THE MAGHRIB.
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Grosse, Scott D.
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BIRTH control , *POLITICAL science - Abstract
Discusses the politics of family planning in the Maghrib states of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Approaches to the political context of family planning; Description of a family planning program; Chronology of family planning in the three states.
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12. US State-Level Infertility Insurance Mandates and Health Plan Expenditures on Infertility Treatments.
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Boulet, Sheree L., Kawwass, Jennifer, Session, Donna, Jamieson, Denise J., Kissin, Dmitry M., and Grosse, Scott D.
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CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *STATISTICAL correlation , *FERTILIZATION in vitro , *HEALTH planning , *INFERTILITY , *HEALTH insurance , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MANAGED care programs , *MEDICAL care costs , *NOSOLOGY , *INDUCED ovulation , *REGRESSION analysis , *WOMEN'S health , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *STATE health plans , *MANN Whitney U Test - Abstract
Objectives We aimed to examine the extent to which health plan expenditures for infertility services differed by whether women resided in states with mandates requiring coverage of such services and by whether coverage was provided through a self-insured plan subject to state mandates versus fully-insured health plans subject only to federal regulation. Methods This retrospective cohort study used individual-level, de-identified health insurance claims data. We included women 19–45 years of age who were continuously enrolled during 2011 and classified them into three mutually exclusive groups based on highest treatment intensity: in vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI), or ovulation-inducing (OI) medications. Using generalized linear models, we estimated adjusted annual mean, aggregate, and per member per month (PMPM) expenditures among women in states with an infertility insurance mandate and those in states without a mandate, stratified by enrollment in a fully-insured or self-insured health plan. Results Of the 6,006,017 women continuously enrolled during 2011, 9199 (0.15%) had claims for IVF, 10,112 (0.17%) had claims for IUI, and 23,739 (0.40%) had claims for OI medications. Among women enrolled in fully insured plans, PMPM expenditures for infertility treatment were 3.1 times higher for those living in states with a mandate compared with states without a mandate. Among women enrolled in self-insured plans, PMPM infertility treatment expenditures were 1.2 times higher for mandate versus non-mandate states. Conclusions for Practice Recorded infertility treatment expenditures were higher in states with insurance reimbursement mandates versus those without mandates, with most of the difference in expenditures incurred by fully-insured plans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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13. Health utility elicitation: is there still a role for direct methods?
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Prosser LA, Grosse SD, Wittenberg E, Prosser, Lisa A, Grosse, Scott D, and Wittenberg, Eve
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- 2012
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