Shirley Darcus Sullivan

Biographic Data

ID1122873
NAMEShirley Darcus Sullivan
GIVEN NAMESShirley Darcus
FAMILY NAMESullivan
SIGNATURESULLIVAN S D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0003-3052-6540
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT34
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Overpayment for Generic Drugs Under Medicare Part D

    Open AccessInmaculada Hernandez, Nico Gabriel et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2025

    This cross-sectional study evaluates whether certain pharmacy benefit manager practices result in increased out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D beneficiaries

  • Value-Based Pricing of US Prescription Drugs: Estimated Savings Using Reports From the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review

    Open AccessKai Yeung, Lisa Bloudek et al.ARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2022

    This cross-sectional study estimates how annual US drug spending would change if prices for prescription drugs were set at the value-based price

  • Variation in market access decisions for cell and gene therapies across the United States, Canada, and Europe

    Open AccessSean Tunis, Eve Hanna et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2021

    Transformative cell and gene therapies have now launched worldwide, and many potentially curative cell and gene therapies are in development, offering the prospect of significant health gains for patients. Access to these therapies depend on decisions made by health technology assessment (HTA) and payer organizations. We sought to describe the emerging cell and gene therapies market access landscape by analyzing 17 US commercial payer medical pol…

  • Economic Value of Greater Access to Bariatric Procedures for Patients With Severe Obesity and Diabetes

    David D Kim, David E Arterburn et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2018References: 22

    OBJECTIVE: Designing optimal insurance is important to ensure access to care for individuals that are most likely to benefit. We examined the potential impact of lowering patient cost-sharing for bariatric procedures. METHODS: After defining 10 subgroups by body mass index (BMI) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), we analyzed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey datasets to estimate the prevalence of each subgroup. The MarketScan…

  • Impact of a Value-based Formulary on Medication Utilization, Health Services Utilization, and Expenditures

    Kai Yeung, Anirban Basu et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 26

    BACKGROUND: Value-based benefit design has been suggested as an effective approach to managing the high cost of pharmaceuticals in health insurance markets. Premera Blue Cross, a large regional health plan, implemented a value-based formulary (VBF) for pharmaceuticals in 2010 that explicitly used cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to inform medication copayments. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: The objective of the study was to determine the impact of the…

  • Sedative Hypnotic Medication Use and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash

    Ryan N Hansen, Denise M Boudreau et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015References: 30

    Objectives. We sought to estimate the association between sedative hypnotic use and motor vehicle crash risk. Methods. We conducted a new user cohort study of 409 171 adults in an integrated health care system. Health plan data were linked to driver license and collision records. Participants were aged 21 years or older, licensed to drive in Washington State, had at least 1 year of continuous enrollment between 2003 and 2008, and were followed un…

  • Medical Costs Associated with Use of Systemic Therapy in Adults with Colorectal Cancer

    Brian Seal, Brian S Seal et al.ARTICLEJournal of Managed Care Pharmacy2013

    BACKGROUND: New cytotoxic agents and regimens, as well as immunotherapeutics, have recently been introduced for treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). OBJECTIVE: To identify the patient-related and clinical and treatment-related factors associated with higher total health care expenditures in newly diagnosed patients with CRC who are receiving systemic therapy (biologic or chemotherapy) from a commercially insured population. METHODS: A longitudin…

  • Exploring the impact of changes in neurogenic urinary incontinence frequency and condition-specific quality of life on preference-based outcomes

    Open AccessWilliam Hollingworth, Jonathan D Campbell et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2010

  • Medicaid Prior Authorization and Controlled-Release Oxycodone

    Nancy E Morden, Judy T Zerzan et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2008References: 19

    BACKGROUND: Since its introduction in 1996, controlled-release (CR) oxycodone use has increased steadily despite its high cost. To control use and expenditures, many Medicaid programs have implemented CR oxycodone prior authorization (PA) policies. Few studies evaluate Medicaid policies or compare lenient and strict policies in multiple states. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of PA on CR oxycodone use by Medicaid beneficiaries. DESIGN: Secondar…

  • A Forensic Evaluation of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Using the Expected Value of Information Approach

    Scott D Ramsey, David K Blough et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2008References: 27

    BACKGROUND/RATIONALE: Expected value of information (EVI) analyses allow researchers to estimate the returns to conducting research. We used EVI techniques to estimate the value of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT), a multicenter randomized trial of lung-volume-reduction surgery (LVRS) versus medical therapy (MT) for patients with severe emphysema, then compared that result to the trial cost. METHODS: We gathered information on costs …

  • Trends and Geographic Variation of Opiate Medication Use in State Medicaid Fee-For-Service Programs, 1996 to 2002

    Judy T Zerzan, Judy Zerzan et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2006References: 27

    BACKGROUND: Although studies have documented hospital and surgical service geographic variability, prescription use geographic variability is largely unknown. Opiate pain medications are widely used, particularly because the promulgation of clinical guidelines promoting aggressive pain treatment. This study describes temporal and interstate variability in aggregate prescription opiate medication use within U.S. Medicaid programs. METHODS: A datas…

  • Psyché in Pindar, Nemean 9.32 and 69

    Shirley Darcus SullivanARTICLERevue belge de philologie et d…2003

  • Development and Validation of a Grading System for the Quality of Cost-Effectiveness Studies

    Chiun-Fang Chiou, Chiun‐Fang Chiou et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2003References: 28

    PURPOSE: To provide a practical quantitative tool for appraising the quality of cost-effectiveness (CE) studies. METHODS: A committee comprising [corrected] of health economists selected a set of criteria for the instrument from an item pool. Data collected with a conjoint analysis survey on 120 international health economists were used to estimate weights for each criterion with a random effects regression model. To validate the grading system, …

  • Modeling the Cost and Outcomes of Pharmacist-Prescribed Emergency Contraception

    Kristin D Marciante, Jacqueline S Gardner et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2001References: 8

    Objectives. This study investigated the effect on the risk and cost of unintended pregnancies of emergency contraceptive pills obtained directly from a pharmacist. Methods. We used a decision model to compare outcomes for private and public payers following unprotected intercourse from. Results. Obtaining emergency contraceptive pills from a pharmacy, compared with obtaining them from a physician or clinic, resulted in a $158 (95% confidence inte…

  • Aeschylus' Use of Psychological Terminology: Traditional and New

    Lois Parker, L Leann Parker et al.ARTICLEThe Classical World1998

    Sullivan focuses on eight key psychological terms - phr n, thumos, kardia, kear, tor, nous, prapides, and psych - that appear frequently in ancient Greek texts but which have a wide range of possible meanings. Gathering instances from The Persians, Seven against Thebes, Suppliants, Agamemnon, Choephoroi, and Eumenides (instances from Prometheus Bound, whose authorship is in question, are treated in notes and an appendix), Sullivan first examines …

  • On Estimating Costs for Economic Evaluation in Failure Time Studies

    Alfred P Hallstrom, Shirley Darcus Sullivan et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1998References: 7

    Only recently have attempts been made to adjust for the bias censoring can impart on economic estimates based on data obtained during a clinical trial. This article reviews a suggested approach that adopts techniques developed for adjusting for the effect of censoring on estimation of failure time. The authors show that this approach does not provide unbiased estimation and explain the reason why this is the case

  • Willingness to pay for antihypertensive care: Evidence from a staff-model HMO

    Open AccessScott D Ramsey, Shirley Darcus Sullivan et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1997Cited by: 3References: 12

  • Disturbances of the Mind and Heart in Early Greek Poetry

    Shirley Darcus SullivanARTICLEL antiquité classique1996Cited by: 1

  • The Psychic Term ἦτορ: Ts nature and relation to person in Homer and the Homeric Hymns

    Open AccessShirley Darcus SullivanARTICLEEmerita1996

    No disponible

  • Soul

    Shirley Darcus SullivanCHAPTERPsychological and Ethical Ideas1995

  • Kradiē, Ētor, and Kēr in Poetry after Homer

    Shirley Darcus SullivanARTICLERevue belge de philologie et d…1995

  • Firm behavior in the U.S. market for factor VIII: A need for policy

    Open AccessEric Nauenberg, Shirley Darcus Sullivan et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1994

  • The Hospital Response to Medicare??s Prospective Payment System: An Econometric Model of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans

    Richard M Scheffler, Dolores G Clement et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1994

    This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact that resulted from phase-in of Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) on hospital utilization and payments for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) plans. A pooled cross-sectional time series econometric model was specified and estimated using quarterly hospital utilization and payments of the BCBS plans over the period 1980 to 1987. The results indicate that the implementation of PPS …

  • Aeschylus’ Use of Psychological Terminology: Traditional and New

    Shirley Darcus SullivanBOOKAeschylus' Use of Psychological…1993

    Sullivan focuses on eight key psychological terms - phr n, thumos, kardia, kear, tor, nous, prapides, and psych - that appear frequently in ancient Greek texts but which have a wide range of possible meanings. Gathering instances from The Persians, Seven against Thebes, Suppliants, Agamemnon, Choephoroi, and Eumenides (instances from Prometheus Bound, whose authorship is in question, are treated in notes and an appendix), Sullivan first examines …

  • The Role of Person and θυμός in Pindar and Bacchylides

    Shirley Darcus SullivanARTICLERevue belge de philologie et d…1993