"A good way to do econometrics is to look for good natural experiments and use statistical methods that can tidy up the confounding factors that nature has not controlled for us."
Daniel McFadden, Econometric Tools
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"Body Mass Index and Associated Medical Expenditures in the United States among Privately Insured Persons Aged 2–19 Years, 2018"
Ashutosh Kumar, Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Brook Belay, Samantha L. Pierce, Scott D. Grosse, Alyson B. Goodman Published at JAMA Pediatrics; Nominated for Charles C. Shepard Science Awards, CDC)
"Hypertension-associated medical expenditures among privately insured US adults, 2021"
Ashutosh Kumar, Siran He, Lisa Pollack, Yu Wang, Jun Soo Lee, Omoye Imoisilli, Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Feijun Luo, Sandra L. Jackson; Accepted at ISPOR, 2024 (Link); Published at journal (Hypertension)
Health care expenditures and use associated with hypertension among US adults”
Yu Wang, Jun Soo Lee, Lisa M. Pollack, Ashutosh Kumar, Sally Honeycutt, Feijun Luo; Published at journal (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
“Antihypertensive medication adherence and medical costs, health care utilization, and labor productivity among persons with hypertension”
Jun Soo Lee, Raul Segura Escano, Nicole L. Therrien, Ashutosh Kumar, Ami Bhatt, Lisa Pollack, Sandra L. Jackson, Feijun Luo; Published at journal (Journal of American Heart Association)
"Trends in prescription fills for blood pressure-elevating and antihypertensive medications, 2017–2023"
Ashutosh Kumar, Nicole L. Therrien, John Ogwuegbu, Jun Soo Lee, Hilary K. Wall, John M. Flack, Sandra L. Jackson; Accepted and forthcoming at Hypertension
"Pediatric blood pressure-lowering prescription fill trends, 2017–2023”
Ashutosh Kumar, Nicole L. Therrien, John Ogwuegbua, Siran He, Jun Soo Lee, Omoye Imoisilli, Elizabeth Lundeen, Katrice Lampley, Sandra L. Jackson; Conditionally accepted at AJPM Focus
“Medical Costs, Health Care Utilization, and Productivity Losses Associated With Hypertension by COVID-19 Among US Commercial Enrollees”
Jun Soo Lee, Yidan (Xue) Zhang, Yu Wang, Joohyun Park, Ashutosh Kumar, Bruce Donald, Feijun Luo, Kakoli Roy; Revise and resubmit at journal (American Journal of Hypertension)