2015
Wide Variation Found In Hospital Facility Costs For Maternity Stays Involving Low-Risk Childbirth
Xu X, Gariepy A, Lundsberg LS, Sheth SS, Pettker CM, Krumholz HM, Illuzzi JL. Wide Variation Found In Hospital Facility Costs For Maternity Stays Involving Low-Risk Childbirth. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 1212-1219. PMID: 26153317, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCesarean deliveryHospital costsMaternity staysSerious maternal morbidityNationwide Inpatient SampleCoordination of careValue of careMaternal morbidityHospital admissionInpatient SampleDelivery system reformRural hospitalsUS hospitalsHospital practiceSafe reductionHospitalChildbirthStayLong stayHigh rateCareLower proportionUnited StatesFacility costs
2002
The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility
PENSON DF, PALTIEL AD, KRUMHOLZ HM, PALTER S. The Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Varicocele Related Infertility. Journal Of Urology 2002, 168: 2490-2494. PMID: 12441947, DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)64175-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmediate IVFHealth care payorsRelated infertilityIntrauterine inseminationTreatment strategiesLive deliveryMain outcome measuresNumber of newbornsAdditional birthsCost-effectiveness analysisInfertile patientsImproved outcomesOutcome measuresPatient's perspectiveSurgical varicocelectomyIVFIncremental costInfertilityPatientsTreatmentPreferred approachBirthPayorsDeliveryVaricocelectomy