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A practical guide to episode groupers for cost-of-illness analysis in health services research

Year: 2019

Type: article

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.

Source: SAGE Open Medicine

DOI: 10.1177/2050312119840200

Authors: Cora Peterson, Scott D Grosse, Abe Dunn

Institutions: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Language: English

Topic: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,125