Articles by Bisakha Sen, PhD

The Relationship Between Preventive Dental Care and Overall Medical Expenditures
ByHeather L. Taylor, PhD, MPH, RDH,Ann M. Holmes, PhD,Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH,Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD,Bisakha Sen, PhD,Justin Blackburn, PhD Using an instrumental variable approach, this study is the first to present causal estimates of the effect of preventive dental visits on overall medical expenditures.

Social Determinants of Health and Emergency Department Utilization in Alabama Children’s Health Insurance Program
ByYe Liu, MD, MPH,Pradeep Sharma, MS, MBA,David J. Becker, PhD,Anne Brisendine, DrPH,Julie McDougal, MAE,Michael A. Morrisey, PhD,Justin Blackburn, PhD,Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH,Teela Sanders, JD,Bisakha Sen, PhD Community social determinants of health such as rurality and low socioeconomic status moderate the association between an individual’s race and emergency care use.

An Assessment of the CHIP/Medicaid Quality Measure for ADHD
ByJustin Blackburn, PhD,David J. Becker, PhD,Michael A. Morrisey, PhD,Meredith L. Kilgore, PhD,Bisakha Sen, PhD,Cathy Caldwell, MPH,Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH Concerns regarding the quality measure for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may limit its usefulness and its ability to promote improvement efforts.

Characteristics of Low-Severity Emergency Department Use Among CHIP Enrollees
ByJustin Blackburn, PhD,David J. Becker, PhD,Bisakha Sen, PhD,Michael A. Morrisey, PhD,Cathy Caldwell, MPH,Nir Menachemi, PhD, MPH Barriers to less resource-intensive settings may contribute to use of the emergency department for low-severity conditions.