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Economic gains resulting from the reduction in children's exposure to lead in the United StatesScott D Grosse
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:563-9. 2002..76-2.38%. With discounted lifetime earnings of $723,300 for each 2-year-old in 2000 dollars, the estimated economic benefit for each year's cohort of 3.8 million 2-year-old children ranges from $110 billion to $319 billion...
Lessons from cost-effectiveness research for United States public health policyScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 28:365-91. 2007..Policy makers have funded certain interventions with rather high cost-effectiveness ratios, notably nucleic acid testing for blood product safety. Cost-effectiveness estimates are a decision aid, not a decision rule...- Long-term economic effect of early childhood nutritionScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 371:365-6. 2008 
Health state preference scores for children with permanent childhood hearing loss: a comparative analysis of the QWB and HUI3Laura Smith-Olinde
Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, College of Health Related Professions, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Qual Life Res 17:943-53. 2008....- Economic evaluation of a neural tube defect recurrence-prevention programScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:572-7. 2008.... - Sickle cell disease in Africa: a neglected cause of early childhood mortalityScott 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.... - Economic productivity by age and sex: 2007 estimates for the United StatesScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Med Care 47:S94-103. 2009..Human capital estimates of labor productivity are often used to estimate the economic impact of diseases and injuries that cause incapacitation or death... - Potential impact of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis on child survival: a systematic review and analysisScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Pediatr 149:362-6. 2006..To estimate the population impact of child mortality as a result of cystic fibrosis (CF) potentially preventable by newborn screening... - How many deaths can be prevented by newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia?Scott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA 30333, USA
Horm Res 67:284-91. 2007..Screening can prevent neonatal mortality in children with salt-wasting CAH, but the number of deaths prevented is not known. Cost-effectiveness analyses of screening require estimates of the probability of mortality in CAH... - Newborn screening for inherited metabolic diseaseScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Lancet 369:5-6. 2007 - Administrative data sets and health services research on hemoglobinopathies: a review of the literatureScott 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... - Evaluation of the validity and utility of genetic testing for rare diseasesScott D Grosse
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 686:115-31. 2010..Specific rare disorders addressed include cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, Huntington disease, as well as cancer associated with BRCA mutations... - QALY weights for neurosensory impairments in pediatric economic evaluations: case studies and a critiqueScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E64, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 10:293-308. 2010..More work is needed to establish measures of health utilities for childhood health states in order to allow for comparable assessments of pediatric interventions... - Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection as a cause of permanent bilateral hearing loss: a quantitative assessmentScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
J Clin Virol 41:57-62. 2008..Quantifying the impact of congenital CMV infection requires an evidence-based assessment using a standard case definition of hearing loss... - Prevention of intellectual disability through screening for congenital hypothyroidism: how much and at what level?Scott D Grosse
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Arch Dis Child 96:374-9. 2011..Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) is a common cause of preventable mental retardation, and the quantification of intellectual disability due to CHT is needed to assess the public health benefit of newborn screening... - Assessing cost-effectiveness in healthcare: history of the $50,000 per QALY thresholdScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, 1600 Clifton Raod NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 8:165-78. 2008..Rather than arbitrary thresholds, estimates of willingness to pay and the opportunity cost of healthcare resources are needed... - Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: evaluation of benefits and risks and recommendations for state newborn screening programsScott D Grosse
Office of the Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 53:1-36. 2004..States should consider the magnitude of benefits and costs and the need to minimize risks through careful planning and implementation, including ongoing collection and evaluation of outcome data... - Newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus: Options for hospital-based and public health programsScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, USA
J Clin Virol 46:S32-6. 2009..Early identification of infected children through screening could allow for early intervention and improvement in functional outcomes among the subset who develop sequelae... - Late-treated phenylketonuria and partial reversibility of intellectual impairmentScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Child Dev 81:200-11. 2010.... - Reevaluating the benefits of folic acid fortification in the United States: economic analysis, regulation, and public healthScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E 87, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 95:1917-22. 2005..The cost savings (net reduction in direct costs) were estimated to be in the range of 88 million dollars to 145 million dollars per year... - The cost effectiveness of universal versus selective newborn screening for sickle cell disease in the US and the UK: a critiqueScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 4:239-47. 2005.... - From public health emergency to public health service: the implications of evolving criteria for newborn screening panelsScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 117:923-9. 2006 - Sickle cell disease-related pediatric medical expenditures in the U.SDjesika 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... - Healthcare expenditures for privately insured people with cystic fibrosisLijing 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... - Emergency department visits made by patients with sickle cell disease: a descriptive study, 1999-2007Hussain R Yusuf
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:S536-41. 2010..Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often use emergency department services to obtain medical care. Limited information is available about emergency department use among patients with SCD... - Health care expenditures among children with and those without spina bifida enrolled in Medicaid in North CarolinaCynthia H Cassell
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 91:1019-27. 2011..Our objective was to compare health care use and expenditures among publicly insured children with SB to children without a major birth defect and among children with SB with and without hydrocephalus... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and young adult intimate partner violenceXiangming Fang
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS F 63, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:1179-86. 2010..Studies based on clinical samples suggest a connection between childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and later intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration... - Correlates of in-hospital deaths among hospitalizations with pulmonary embolism: findings from the 2001-2008 National Hospital Discharge SurveyJames Tsai
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e34048. 2012..The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlates of in-hospital deaths among hospitalizations with a diagnosis of PE in the United States... - Trends in venous thromboembolism-related hospitalizations, 1994-2009Sheree L Boulet
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS D02, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Pediatrics 130:e812-20. 2012..Information on trends in venous thromboembolism (VTE) in US children is scant and inconsistent. We assessed national trends in VTE-associated pediatric hospitalizations... - Autism spectrum disorders and health care expenditures: the effects of co-occurring conditionsGeorgina Peacock
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 33:2-8. 2012.... - Hospitalization for urinary tract infections and the quality of preventive health care received by people with spina bifidaBrian S Armour
Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Disabil Health J 2:145-52. 2009..Such complications could be due, in part, to difficulty accessing care or the quality of ambulatory care services received... - Ethical implications and practical considerations of ethnically targeted screening for genetic disorders: the case of hemoglobinopathy screeningCynthia F Hinton
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E 86, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Ethn Health 16:377-88. 2011..Because newborn screening dried blood spot specimens are tested for multiple disorders, targeted screening poses serious logistical challenges which is not the case in prenatal screening... - Health care expenditures for infants and young children with Down syndrome in a privately insured populationSheree L Boulet
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Pediatr 153:241-6. 2008..To use health care insurance claims data from a privately insured population to estimate health care use and expenditures for infants and children aged 0 to 4 years with Down syndrome... - Measures of follow-up in early hearing detection and intervention programs: a need for standardizationCraig A Mason
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E 88, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Audiol 17:60-7. 2008.... - Health care utilization and expenditures for privately and publicly insured children with sickle cell disease in the United StatesMercy Mvundura
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 53:642-6. 2009..There are no current national estimates on health care utilization and expenditures for US children with sickle cell disease (SCD)... - Health care expenditures associated with venous thromboembolism among childrenSheree L Boulet
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Thromb Res 129:583-7. 2012.... - Medical expenditures attributable to cerebral palsy and intellectual disability among Medicaid-enrolled childrenVijaya 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... - Revival of the intrauterine device: increased insertions among US women with employer-sponsored insurance, 2002-2008Xin Xu
National Center on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Contraception 85:155-9. 2012..Use of the intrauterine device (IUD) in the United States has recently increased. New evidence for women with employer-sponsored health insurance permits analysis of variation and trends in such use... - Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism--current trends and future directions: workshop summaryRichard S Olney
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 125:S31-6. 2010..In this summary, we briefly touch on the topics of these articles and examine highlights of other presentations from the workshop that illuminated the secular trends in reported CH-incidence rates in the United States... - Public health and laboratory considerations regarding newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirusSheila C Dollard
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Inherit Metab Dis 33:S249-54. 2010..Nonetheless, screening newborns for congenital CMV infection merits further consideration... - Health care utilization and expenditures for children and young adults with muscular dystrophy in a privately insured populationLijing Ouyang
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Child Neurol 23:883-8. 2008..The findings underscore the need for appropriate treatment options for individuals with muscular dystrophy as they age... - Children with orofacial clefts: health-care use and costs among a privately insured populationSheree L Boulet
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E86, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 124:447-53. 2009..We used healthcare insurance claims data to estimate health-care expenditures for infants and children < or = 10 years of age with an orofacial cleft... - Folic acid supplementation and neural tube defect recurrence preventionScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:737-42. 2007.... - Developing public health surveillance for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolismMichele G Beckman
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S428-34. 2011.... - The business case for preconception care: methods and issuesScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, NE, Mail Stop E-87, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:S93-9. 2006..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... - New estimates of the prevalence of neurological and sensory sequelae and mortality associated with congenital cytomegalovirus infectionSheila C Dollard
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Rev Med Virol 17:355-63. 2007..Future studies should extend follow-up of CMV-infected children identified through universal screening and include the evaluation of visual impairment... - The epidemiology of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: an updateScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Genet Med 8:205-12. 2006..Systematic collection and analysis of follow-up data are still needed to ascertain the frequencies of outcomes in screened cohorts... - Quantifying the health benefits of genetic tests: the importance of a population perspectiveMuin J Khoury
Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Genet Med 8:191-5. 2006 - Trends in pediatric sickle cell disease-related mortality in the United States, 1983-2002Emad Yanni
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Pediatr 154:541-5. 2009..To analyze trends in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related mortality among black children during 1983-2002... - Prevention of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy: a review of guidelines, 2000-2011Ekwutosi M Okoroh
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 21:611-5. 2012..The aim of this review is to provide an overview of guidelines in the literature on VTE risk assessment, screening for thrombophilias, and thromboprophylaxis dissemination among pregnant women... - A national profile of health care and family impacts of children with muscular dystrophy and special health care needs in the United StatesLijing Ouyang
Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Child Neurol 27:569-76. 2012..Muscular dystrophy was not associated with the likelihood of having a medical home after adjustment for socioeconomic status and other socio-demographic characteristics... - Iron overload: what is the role of public health?Mary M Hulihan
Division of Blood Disorders, National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S422-7. 2011..The two main topics were the research priorities of the field, including clinical, genetic, and public health issues, and the concerns about the validity of current screening recommendations for the condition... - Characteristics of users of intrauterine devices and other reversible contraceptive methods in the United StatesXin Xu
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Fertil Steril 96:1138-44. 2011..To evaluate the determinants of intrauterine device (IUD) use and reasons for choosing IUDs over other reversible contraceptive methods... - What is the clinical utility of genetic testing?Scott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Genet Med 8:448-50. 2006 - Outpatient medical conditions among children and adults with spina bifida in the United States: Frequency and expendituresLijing Ouyang
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 3:177-85. 2010..These conditions should be a priority for further investigations to identify risk factors, treatment and prevention strategies for individuals with SB... - Attitudes toward newborn screening for cytomegalovirus infectionErica S Din
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Pediatrics 128:e1434-42. 2011..Our objective was to assess attitudes toward newborn screening for CMV... - The impact of transient hypothyroidism on the increasing rate of congenital hypothyroidism in the United StatesJohn S Parks
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 125:S54-63. 2010.... - Economic methods for valuing the outcomes of genetic testing: beyond cost-effectiveness analysisScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Genet Med 10:648-54. 2008..We recommend that health policy decision makers consider the value to consumers of information and other nonhealth attributes of genetic testing strategies... - 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... - Health care expenditures of children and adults with spina bifida in a privately insured U.S. populationLijing Ouyang
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:552-8. 2007..Updated estimates are essential for calculations of lifetime costs and for economic evaluations of prevention and management strategies for spina bifida... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms and child maltreatment: a population-based studyLijing Ouyang
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Pediatr 153:851-6. 2008..To examine whether symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during childhood are associated with child maltreatment... - Determining the effect of newborn hearing screening legislation: an analysis of state hearing screening ratesDenise R Green
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Mailstop E 87, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 122:198-205. 2007..This study was conducted to determine the effect of state Universal Newborn Hearing Screening legislation on the percentage of infants having their hearing screened within one month of birth... - The cost-effectiveness of genetic testing strategies for Lynch syndrome among newly diagnosed patients with colorectal cancerMercy Mvundura
Office of Public Health Genomics, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genet Med 12:93-104. 2010..To estimate the cost-effectiveness of genetic testing strategies to identify Lynch syndrome among newly diagnosed patients with colorectal cancer and to offer targeted testing to relatives of patients with Lynch syndrome... - Medical expenditures for children with an autism spectrum disorder in a privately insured populationTom T Shimabukuro
Health Services Research and Evaluation Branch, Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:546-52. 2008..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... - Applying public health strategies to primary immunodeficiency diseases: a potential approach to genetic disordersMary Lou Lindegren
Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 53:1-29. 2004..These recommendations, developed by workshop participants, will be useful to medical and public health professionals who are evaluating methods to increase recognition of PI diseases and other genetic disorders... - Does newborn screening save money? The difference between cost-effective and cost-saving interventionsScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Pediatr 146:168-70. 2005 - Disability among individuals with sickle cell disease: literature review from a public health perspectiveMark E Swanson
Division of Human Development and Disability, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S390-7. 2011..Increasingly, professionals, consumers, and advocates involved in blood disorders are concerned about the cumulative and ongoing effect of organ-specific complications on function and participation... - Health state preference scores of children with spina bifida and their caregiversJohn M Tilford
Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202 3591, USA
Qual Life Res 14:1087-98. 2005..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... - Cost-effectiveness of a folic acid fortification program in ChileAdolfo Llanos
Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de los Alimentos INTA, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Health Policy 83:295-303. 2007..In Chile, fortification of wheat flour with folic acid has resulted in significant reduction in the risk of anencephaly and spina bifida. We investigated the cost-effectiveness implications of this policy... - Cost savings from universal newborn hearing screeningScott D Grosse
Pediatrics 118:844-5; author reply 845-6. 2006 - Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionScott D Grosse
Am Fam Physician 71:1482, 1487. 2005 - Issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disordersPaul T Shattuck
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev 13:129-35. 2007..Innovative policy experiments with respect to financing intensive intervention through schools and Medicaid are being conducted in a number of states...