areas that bear on the Medicare problem: the number of the elderly, their health status, use of medical care, labor force … expectancy at age 65; 2) a very large increase since 1976 in real per capita health care expenditures on the elderly relative to … expenditures on persons under age 65; 3) a cross-sectional increase with age in per capita health care expenditures that is …

were impaired in the performance of at least one basic activity. It describes their wealth, living arrangements, and health … characteristics. Tobit regressions are presented that relate utilization of hospital services, paid home-health care, and unreimbursed … home-health care utilization in this population are distinct from the factors that have been significant predictors of …

Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older … men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at …

In this paper, we characterize the multi-faceted health of the elderly and understand how health along multiple … of health can be combined into three broad categories: a first dimension representing severe physical and social … improvement in health is not due to differential mortality of the sick or a new generation of more healthy people entering old age …

effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- Labor market … and Jonathan Skinner -- Economic circumstances and health -- Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee … health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case -- Comment / James P. Smith -- Income, aging, health and well …

. We show that immigration affects the availability and cost of home services, including those provided by home health …