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Insurance or Self-Insurance? Variation, Persistence, and Individual Health Accounts
December 1998
For over a decade, the National Bureau of Economic Research has sponsored the Economics of Aging Program, under the direction of David A. Wise.
Diagnosis and Medical Expenditures at the End of Life
December 1998
For over a decade, the National Bureau of Economic Research has sponsored the Economics of Aging Program, under the direction of David A. Wise.
Health Events, Health Insurance, and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Health & Retirement Study
December 1998
For over a decade, the National Bureau of Economic Research has sponsored the Economics of Aging Program, under the direction of David A. Wise.
Medical Liability, Managed Care, and Defensive Medicine
February 2000
Because the optimal level of medical malpractice liability depends on the incentives provided by the health insurance system, the rise of managed care in the 1990s may affect the relationship...
Financial Problems of the Elderly: A Holistic View, The
April 2001
A holistic approach to the financial problems of the elderly focuses simultaneously on their expenditures that are self financed as well as those that are financed by transfers from the young ...
Trends in Medication Use for Osteoarthritis Treatment
May 2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate recent national trends in nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) and acetaminophen use for osteoarthritis (OA).
Financial Problems of the Elderly: Holistic View, The
December 2002
One in eight Americans today is over the age of 65, and the proportion will increase dramatically in the future.
Trends in Hospital Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1985-1995
September 2002
Survival of patients who sustain a ventricular arrhythmia is poor but slowly improving due to in-hospital use of medications and ICDs.
Racial Disparity in Cardiac Procedures and Mortality among Long-Term Survivors of Cardiac Arrest
July 2003
CONTEXT: It is unknown whether white and black Medicare beneficiaries have different rates of cardiac procedure utilization or long-term survival after cardiac arrest.
Cardiac Procedure Use and Outcomes in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States and Quebec, Canada, 1988 to 1994
July 2003
Studies from the early 1990s have documented greater intensity of treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the United States compared with Canada, with little difference in...
Floridian Exceptionalism
August 2003
Elderly Floridians use much more medical care and have much lower mortality rates than do their peers in other regions of the country.
Are the Young Becoming More Disabled?
January 2004
This paper investigates trends in disability in the U.S. population, particularly among people under age fifty.
Magnitude and Nature of Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, The
December 2004
Objective: To determine whether health maintenance organizations (HMOs) attract enrollees who use relatively few medical resources and whether a simple risk-adjustment system could mitigate or...
Treadmill Scores in Elderly Men
February 2004
OBJECTIVES: This study seeks to further characterize the role of exercise testing in the elderly for prognosis and diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Relation Between Managed Care Market Share and the Treatment of Elderly Fee-for-Service Patients with Myocardial Infarction, The
February 2002
PURPOSE: To determine if greater managed care market share is associated with greater use of recommended therapies for fee-for-service patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Association of Renal Insufficiency with Treatment and Outcomes after Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Patients
October 2002
BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage renal disease are known to have decreased survival after myocardial infarction, but the association of less severe renal dysfunction with survival after...
Aging and Emotional Memory: The Forgettable Nature of Negative Images for Older Adults
June 2003
Two studies examined age differences in recall and recognition memory for positive, negative, and neutral stimuli.
U.S. Physician Workforce: Serious Questions Raised, Answers Needed
November 2004
We all have a stake in the size of the physician workforce.