ReviewSAGE open medicine2019
A practical guide to episode groupers for cost-of-illness analysis in health services research.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Economic Cost of U.S. Suicide and Nonfatal Self-harm.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- The Health and Economic Impact of Youth Violence by Injury Mechanism.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Determining prescriptions in electronic healthcare record data: methods for development of standardized, reproducible drug codelists.JAMIA open · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment for mental health needs: a perspective on service use patterns and expenditures from commercial medical claims data.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Assessment of Annual Cost of Substance Use Disorder in US Hospitals.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Changes in Health Services Use Among Commercially Insured US Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Despite the prominence of episode groupers for analysis and reimbursement in US payer settings, peer-reviewed articles using episode groupers for cost-of-illness analysis that informs public health research and decision-making are uncommon. This article provides a brief practical guide to episode-based cost analysis and offers some examples of episode grouper products. It is intended for an audience of health services researchers and managers in public health settings who perform or commission cost-of-illness studies with the US healthcare claims fee-for-service data but lack familiarity with episode groupers.
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