Clara (Libby) Dismuke, PhD Assistant Professor Health Administration & Policy MSC 961 151B Rutledge Avenue Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: (843) 792-1073 (843) 792-3327 E-mail: dismuke@musc.edu

Education:

• PhD, Economics, University of South Carolina (1992)
• BS, Economics, College of Charleston (1984)

Areas of Teaching:

• Health Economics

Research Interests:

• Health Economics

Publications (10 most recent):

• Lindrooth, R., and Dismuke, C.E. Ordinary Least Squares. In: Models for Outcomes Research, Chumney, E., and Simpson, K., (Eds.) American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD., forthcoming.
• Proenca, EJ, Rosko, M. and Dismuke, CE "Service Collaboration and Hospital Cost Performance: Direct and Moderating Effects. Medical Care, forthcoming.
• Dismuke,CE and Kunz FM "Disentangling the Effects of Education on Emergency Room Utilization." In Modern Classics in the Economics of Education, Blaug, M. (Ed.), Edward 
  Elgar Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom. Spring 2006.
• Dismuke CE. "Under-reporting of CT and MRI procedures in inpatient claims data." Medical Care; July 2005.
• Dismuke, CE and Kunz FM "Disentangling the Effects of Education on Emergency  Room Utilization." Economics of Education Review; 23, (2004): pp.633-643. 
• Dismuke, CE, French, MT, Salome, HJ, Scott, C, Foss, M., and Dennis, M., "Out of Touch or on the Money: Do Clinical Objectives of Addiction Treatment Coincide With Economic Evaluation Results?" Journal of Substance Abuse; 27, (2004) pp. 253-263.
• Dismuke, CE, and Guimaraes, P. "Has the Caveat of Prospective Payment Affected The Quality Of Inpatient Hospital Care in Portugal?" Applied Economics, 34, (2002): pp. 1301-1307.
• Dismuke, CE, and Sena, V. "Is There A Trade-Off Between Quality and Productivity? The Case of Diagnostic Technologies in Portugal." Annals of Operations Research; 107, (2001) pp. 101-116.
• Dismuke, CE, The Incorporation of Quality in Hospital Efficiency Measurements: An application to three diagnostic procedures in Portuguese hospitals.) In: In Honor of Augusto Mantas, Portuguese Association of Health Economist (Eds.) , Lisbon Portugal; (2000).
• Dismuke, CE, and Sena, V. "Has DRG Payment Influenced the Technical Efficiency and Productivity of Diagnostic Technologies in Portuguese Hospitals? An Empirical Analysis Using Paramatric and Non-Parametric Methods" Health Care Management Science; 3, (1999): pp. 107-116.

Grants:

Principal Investigator:

• "Correcting Underreporting in HCUP Inpatient Data"  Project estimates and validates a model for correcting for underreported inpatient CT and 
  MRI procedures in 15 DRGs. 09/30/04 - 2/28/06.

Co-Investigator:

• "Economic Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Services and Interventions"
  Project examines whether recently developed methods to estimate economic costs and benefits of drug abuse services and interventions can be utilized in evaluations of alcohol services and interventions. 09/01/02-06/30/03.
• "Utilization and Cost of Health Services by CDUs"
  Project estimates differentials in utilization and cost of health services by chronic drug users relative to non-chronic users and non-drug users using the most recent public use file of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. 03/01/03 - 02/28/05.
• "Testing a Managed Care Approach, Group Visits in Disadvantages Patients with Type 2 Diabetes"
  Project evaluates the effect of Group Visits for Diabetic patients in a randomized control trial on the outcomes and costs of care. 06/15/03 - 02/28/05.
• "Socio-Ecomonic Determinants of Physician Prescribing and Individual Compliance in Inhaled Steroid Use Among Asthmatic Pediatric Medicaid Beneficiaries."
  Project determines the factors that affect the prescribing and filling of inhaled steroids in pediatric asthmatic beneficiaries.  07/01/03 - 06/30/04.
• "DAODAS Prior Authorization System Outcome Evaluation"
  Project determines the factors that affect the success and efficiency of the South Carolina Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services Prior Authorization System. 08/01/02 - 07/30/03.Evaluation: HMO, Sickle Cell Disease, and Diabetes" (Principal Investigator). Carolina Medical Review.  The goal of this research is to evaluate theHMO program within the SC Medicaid system, and to evaluate guideline adherence for Sickle Cell disease and Diabetes.  06/01/03 - 12/31/03; $40,000 (hourly effort).