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| JOHN M contact TILFORDSummaryAffiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Country: USA Publications
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Preference-based health-related quality-of-life outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorders: a comparison of generic instrumentsJ Mick Tilford
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 30:661-79. 2012..No cost-effectiveness analyses have been undertaken in this population using the cost-per-QALY metric...
Labor market productivity costs for caregivers of children with spina bifida: a population-based analysisJohn M Tilford
Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Med Decis Making 29:23-32. 2009..Caregiver productivity costs are an important component of the overall cost of care for individuals with birth defects and developmental disabilities, yet few studies provide estimates for use in economic evaluations...
Measuring the cost-effectiveness of technologic change in the treatment of pediatric traumatic brain injuryJohn M Tilford
Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
J Trauma 63:S113-20; discussion S121. 2007..Sensitivity analysis indicates that estimates of life years gained are critical to the estimated ratio. If TBI survivors live more than 5 years, then the estimated cost-effectiveness ratio seems favorable...
Child health-related quality of life following neurocritical care for traumatic brain injury: an analysis of preference-weighted outcomesJohn M Tilford
Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202 3591, USA
Neurocrit Care 7:64-75. 2007..Cost-effectiveness analysis relies on preference-weighted health outcome measures as they form the basis for quality adjusted life years. Studies of preference-weighted outcomes for children following traumatic brain injury are lacking...
Cost-effectiveness analysis and emergency medical services for children: issues and applicationsJohn M Tilford
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, Little Rock 72202 3591, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:330-6. 2002....
Hospitalizations for critically ill children with traumatic brain injuries: a longitudinal analysisJohn M Tilford
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202 3591, USA
Crit Care Med 33:2074-81. 2005..This study examines the incidence, utilization of procedures, and outcomes for critically ill children hospitalized with traumatic brain injury over the period 1988-1999 to describe the benefits of improved treatment...
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...
National hospitalization impact of pediatric all-terrain vehicle injuriesJeffrey B Killingsworth
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3591, USA
Pediatrics 115:e316-21. 2005..The hospitalization impact of ATV-related injuries among children is considerable. Our data support the need for ongoing creative attempts to identify effective strategies to decrease ATV injuries among children...
Characteristics of children with asthma who are enrolled in a Head Start programPerla A Vargas
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, AR 72202 3591, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:499-504. 2004..Despite the significant asthma burden in preschool children, few studies characterize this population...
Hospitalizations of newborns with folate-sensitive birth defects before and after fortification of foods with folic acidJames M Robbins
Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children s Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, USA
Pediatrics 118:906-15. 2006..Since 1998, grain products in the United States have been fortified with folic acid. Fortification may have additional benefits by reducing the national prevalence of newborn hospitalizations for other folate-sensitive birth defects...
Congenital defects among liveborn infants with Down syndromeMario A Cleves
Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:657-63. 2007..This article uses a unique national hospital discharge dataset to identify the rate at which structural birth defects are identified among liveborn infants with DS...
Parental emotional and time costs predict compliance with respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxisJames M Robbins
Department of Pediatrics, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock 72202, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:444-8. 2002..RSV-IG is associated with greater parental emotional and time costs, which may account for the more limited adherence to recommended monthly treatment with this agent...
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....
Health status of children after admission for injuryMary E Aitken
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Arkansas Children s Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 3591, USA
Pediatrics 110:337-42. 2002..The objective of this study was to describe the health status of children in the 6 months after admission for injury using child-specific health status measures...
Trends in hospitalizations associated with pediatric traumatic brain injuriesStephen M Bowman
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 3591, USA
Pediatrics 122:988-93. 2008..The goals were to describe trends in pediatric traumatic brain injury hospitalizations in the United States and to provide national benchmarks for state and regional comparisons...
Reduction in newborns with discharge coding of in utero alcohol effects in the United States, 1993 to 2002James M Robbins
Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:1224-31. 2006....
Trends in hospital discharge disposition for elderly patients with infective endocarditis: 1993 to 2003Priya Mendiratta
Donald W Reynolds Institute on Aging, Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:877-81. 2009..To examine hospital discharges of elderly patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis (IE)...
National rates of birth defects among hospitalized newbornsT M Bird
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76:762-9. 2006..HCUP data can be used to examine the impact of public health efforts on the number of infants born with birth defects as well as the cost and consequences of variations in the hospital management of birth defects...
Congenital malformations among liveborn infants with trisomies 18 and 13Stephen J Pont
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Am J Med Genet A 140:1749-56. 2006..More than half of the newborns with both conditions died prior to discharge. This updated information can be used to inform clinical decision-making and may help providers better prepare families for infants with trisomies...
Hospital survival of very-low-birth-weight neonates from 1977 to 2000Jeffrey R Kaiser
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72202-3591, USA
J Perinatol 24:343-50. 2004..Survival patterns also could not be explained by comorbidity status, delivery mode, or access to artificial ventilation. CONCLUSION: The survival advantage of VLBW black females persists and remains unexplained...
Attenuation of racial differences in health service utilization patterns for previously uninsured children in the DeltaZola K Moon
School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
J Rural Health 21:288-94. 2005..Findings also suggest that barriers to health care for poor rural children are closely linked to transportation and availability of providers, not merely to cost of care or insurance...
A gender bias in the allocation of intensive care unit resources?John M Tilford
Crit Care Med 31:2073-4. 2003
Management of hypoplastic left heart syndromeJohn M Tilford
Pediatrics 112:1210-1; author reply 1210-1. 2003
Variation in pediatric intensive care therapies and outcomes by race, gender, and insurance statusAdriana M Lopez
Department of Pediatric Critical Care, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (AML, San Antonio, TX, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:2-6. 2006..Policies to expand health insurance to children appear more likely to affect physiologic derangement on admission rather than technical quality of care in the pediatric intensive care unit setting...
Management of hypoplastic left heart syndromeJohn M Tilford
Pediatrics 113:431-2; author reply 431-2. 2004
Variation in the use of intracranial-pressure monitoring and mortality in critically ill children with meningitis in the United StatesFolafoluwa O Odetola
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Pediatrics 117:1893-900. 2006..Our goal was to describe patient and hospital characteristics associated with the use of intracranial pressure monitors and outcomes in critically ill children with meningitis...
Research Grants
- Measuring quality adjusted life years in children with autism spectrum disordersJOHN M contact TILFORD; Fiscal Year: 2010..Despite the potential for informing resource allocation to treatment of children with ASDs, methods and data for measuring QALYS in this population are lacking. ..
- Measuring quality adjusted life years in children with autism spectrum disordersJOHN M contact TILFORD; Fiscal Year: 2010..Despite the potential for informing resource allocation to treatment of children with ASDs, methods and data for measuring QALYS in this population are lacking. ..
