Medical expenditures of children in the United States with fetal alcohol syndromeDjesika D Amendah
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop M 64, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Neurotoxicol Teratol 33:322-4. 2011
..Our estimate of mean expenditures for children with FAS was several times higher than previous estimates in the United States...
- Sickle cell disease-related pediatric medical expenditures in the U.S
Djesika D Amendah
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:S550-6. 2010
..Although it is known that people with sickle cell disease (SCD) have relatively high utilization of medical care, most previous estimates of SCD-attributable expenditures have been limited to either inpatient care or single-state data...
- Medical expenditures attributable to cerebral palsy and intellectual disability among Medicaid-enrolled children
Vijaya Kancherla
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Res Dev Disabil 33:832-40. 2012
..Administrative data from a large, multistate database demonstrated high medical expenditures for publicly insured children with CP. Expenditures approximately tripled for children with CP and co-occurring ID...
- Administrative data sets and health services research on hemoglobinopathies: a review of the literature
Scott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:S557-67. 2010
..This paper identifies and describes major U.S. healthcare administrative databases and their use in published health services research on hemoglobinopathies...
- Sickle cell disease in Africa: a neglected cause of early childhood mortality
Scott D Grosse
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S398-405. 2011
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- Healthcare expenditures for privately insured people with cystic fibrosis
Lijing Ouyang
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 44:989-96. 2009
..People with CF will incur high medical expenditures throughout their lifespan. These findings will assist in the development of economic evaluations of future CF screening and management initiatives...
