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Coping with Chronic Disease? Chronic Disease and Disability in Elderly American Population 1982-1999

Aranovich, Gabriel - 2009

disability occurred because of chronic disease prevention efforts among the elderly. For this purpose we analyze data from the …, as reflected in decreased disease prevalence, was not responsible for advances made in elderly functioning between 1980 … disease management. Instead, these measured improvements in functioning may reflect environmental, technological, and …

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Beware of Unawareness : Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Awareness of Chronic Diseases

Chatterji, Pinka - 2010

This paper studies racial/ethnic disparities in awareness of chronic diseases using biomarker data from the 2006 HRS. We estimate a 3-step sequential probit model which accounts for selection into: (1) participating in biomarker collection; (2) having illness (hypertension or diabetes); (3)...

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Are Quality-Adjusted Medical Prices Declining for Chronic Disease? Evidence from Diabetes Care in Four Health Systems

Eggleston, Karen - 2019

Improvements in medical treatment have contributed to rising health spending. Yet there is relatively little evidence on whether the spending increase is "worth it" in the sense of producing better health outcomes of commensurate value--a critical question for understanding productivity in the...

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Long-Term Declines in Disability Among Older Men : Medical Care, Public Health, and Occupational Change

Costa, Dora L. - 2000

innovations in medical care, 37 percent to reduced chronic disease rates, and the remainder is unexplained. The portion due to … reduced chronic disease rates can be subdivided into the 9 percent accounted for by reduced infectious disease rates …

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Clinical Pathways to Disability

Landrum, Mary Beth - 2007

, infectious disease, dementia, heart failure, diabetes, and stroke. These conditions show up in medical claims and self reports. A …

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Genetic Adverse Selection : Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance and Huntington Disease

Oster, Emily - 2009

markets. We use data on individuals at risk for Huntington disease (HD), a degenerative neurological disorder with significant …

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Individuals' Use of Care While Uninsured : Effects of Time Since Episode Inception and Episode Length

Gresenz, Carole Roan - 2007

Few studies have addressed how use of care may vary over the course of an episode of being uninsured or across uninsured episodes of varying duration. This research models the probability that an uninsured individual has (a) any medical expenditures or charges, and (b) any office-based visit...

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Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women : Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer

Bradley, Cathy J. - 2005

We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under...

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Insuring Consumption Against Illness

Gertler, Paul - 1997

One of the most sizable and least predictable shocks to economic opportunities in developing countries is major illness, both in terms of medical care expenditures and lost income from reduced labor supply and productivity. As a result, families may not be able to smooth their consumption over...

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The Effects of Health Shocks on Employment and Health Insurance : The Role of Employer-Provided Health Insurance

Bradley, Cathy J. - 2011

We study how men's dependence on their own employer for health insurance affects labor supply responses and loss of health insurance coverage when faced with a serious health shock. Men with employment-contingent health insurance (ECHI) are more likely to remain working following some kinds of...

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