Children with Orofacial Clefts: Health-Care Use and Costs among a Privately Insured Population

2009106 citationsJournal Article

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Sheree L. Boulet · Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Scott D. Grosse · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Margaret A. Honein · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Adolfo Correa‐Villaseñor · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

These findings document substantially elevated medical care costs for privately insured children with an orofacial cleft. Additional study of the economic burden associated with this condition should include a broader range of economic costs.

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Cleft Lip and Palate Research Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

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Published in: Public Health Reports

Volume 124, Issue 3, pp. 447-453

DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400315

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Children with Orofacial Clefts: Health-Care Use and Costs among a Privately Insured Population

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