Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Publications by Staff

Trena Ezzati-Rice

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Baskin R, Goksel H, DiGaetano R, Rohde F
Title: Sample redesign and conversion to a windows-based instrument: impact on part-year estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings-Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 1267-1274 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: August 2008

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, Baskin R
Title: Evaluation of alternative prediction models to oversample low income persons in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings-Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 1808-1814 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: August 2008

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Rohde F, Greenblatt J
Title: Sample design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component, 1998-2007
Publication: MEPS Methodology Report No. 22. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: March 2008
Abstract: This Methodology Report describes the sample design for the 1998-2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC) and provides updates to the earlier descriptions of the 1996 and 1997 MEPS-HC sample designs.

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Rohde F
Title: Variation in ambulatory health care visits and visits for general checkup by demographic characteristics and insurance status, U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 18-64, 2005
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 201. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: March 2008
Abstract: This Statistical Brief examines the differences between men and women in ambulatory health care visits (office based and hospital outpatient) and visits made for a general checkup. The comparisons between men and women are for all non-elderly adults ages 18-64 in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2005 as well as for those ages 18-44 and ages 45-64.

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, Diaz-Tena T, Greenblatt J
Title: On modeling response propensity for dwelling unit (DU) level non-response adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: Statistics in Medicine 26(8):1875-84
Date: April 2007
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Assessment of the impact of health variables on nonresponse adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings—Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 2857-64 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: August 2007

Authors: Cohen S, Makuc D, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Health insurance coverage during a 24-month period: A comparison of estimates from two national health surveys
Publication: Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 7:125-44
Date: 2007

Authors: Wun, L, Ezzati-Rice T, Cohen S, Yu W
Title: The impact of medical expenditure predictors in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) nonresponse adjustment
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings—Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 3900-4 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2006

Authors: Cohen S, Ezzati-Rice T, Yu W
Title: The utility of extended longitudinal profiles in predicting future health care expenditures
Publication: Med Care 44(5 Suppl):I45-53
Date: May 2006
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Authors: Baskin R, Sommers J, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Investigation of the impact of imputation on variance estimation in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings—Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 2721-2726 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2005

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, Diaz-Tena N, Greenblatt J
Title: Evaluation of alternative propensity models for adjusting weights to compensate for dwelling unit nonresponse in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings—Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 3689-3694 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2005

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, DiGaetano R, Goksel H, Hao H
Title: Using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to assess the effectiveness of nonresponse adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Joint Statistical Meetings—Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 3695-3700 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2005

Authors: Cohen S, Ezzati-Rice T, Yu W
Title: The utility of probabilistic models to identify individuals with future high medical expenditures
Publication: J Econ Social Measurem 30(2,3):135-44
Date: 2005

Authors: Cohen SB, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Designing national health care surveys
Publication: In: Peck R, Casella G, Cobb G, Hoerl R, Nolan D, Starbuck R, Stern H, editors. Statistics: a guide to the unknown, Fourth Edition. Duxberry. Thompson Brooks/Cole; p. 89-101
Date: 2005

Authors: Yu W, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Concentration of health care expenditures in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 81. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: May 2005
Abstract: Using data from the MEPS-HC for 1996 and 2002 and the National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) for 1987, this statistical brief presents estimates on the concentration of health care expenditures. These data indicate that health care spending is highly concentrated, with a relatively small proportion of the population accounting for a large share of total health care expenses.

Authors: Kashihara D, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Characteristics of survey attrition in the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 3758-65 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2004

Authors: Baskin R, Wun L, Sommers J, Zodet M, Machlin S, Ezzati-Rice T, Saha S
Title: Investigation of the impact of imputation on variance estimation in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 3271-7 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2004

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, Baskin R, Greenblatt J, Zodet M
Title: Using propensity scores to adjust weights to compensate for dwelling unit level nonresponse in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, 4625-31 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2004

Authors: Cohen S, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Design and estimation strategies in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for investigation of trends in health care expenditures
Publication: In Eighth Conference on Health Survey Research Methods, pp. 23-28. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 04-1013. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hyattsville, MD
Date: July 2004

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Kashihara D, Machlin, S.
Title: Health care expenses in the United States, 2000.
Publication: MEPS Research Findings No. 21. AHRQ Pub. No. 04-0022. Available on the MEPS Web site
Date: 2004
Abstract: This report presents descriptive data on health care spending in the United States. Estimates are based on data from the 2000 MEPS and cover the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. Estimates of total health care expenses and expenses for hospital inpatient services, ambulatory services (including office-based, hospital outpatient, and emergency room visits), prescription medicines, dental services, home health services, and other medical equipment and supplies are provided.

Authors: Muhuri P, MacDorman M, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Racial differences in leading causes of infant death in the United States
Publication: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 18(1):51-60
Date: January 2004
Abstract: Available on PubMed®

Author: Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Discussion: Health care trends in medical costs
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Health Policy Statistics, 1362-4 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2003

Authors: Cohen S, Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Design and estimation strategies and innovations in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the measurement of trends in health care expenditures
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Health Policy Statistics, pp. 1014-20
Date: 2003

Authors: Wun L, Ezzati-Rice T, Machlin S, Baskin R
Title: Investigation of alternative nonresponse adjustment methods in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 4612-8 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2003

Authors: Kashihara D, Ezzati-Rice T, Wun L, Baskin R
Title: An evaluation of nonresponse adjustment cells from the household component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 2072-9 (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2003

Author: Ezzati-Rice T
Title: Discussion: Predicting high-cost users of medical care
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 932-34
Date: 2002

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Moriarity C, Katzoff M, Parsons V
Title: Overview of sample design research for the National Health Interview Survey
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2002

Authors: Khare M, Ezzati-Rice T, Battaglia M, Zell E
Title: An assessment of misclassification error in provider-reported vaccination histories
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods (CD-ROM), Alexandria, VA
Date: 2002

Authors: Ezzati-Rice T, Cohen S, Khare M, Moriarity C
Title: Using the National Health Interview Survey as a sampling frame for other health-related surveys
Publication: American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, pp. 121-30
Date: 1998

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