The Upside of Aging: How Long Life Is Changing the World of Health, Work, Innovation, Policy and Purpose explores a titanic shift that will alter every aspect of human existence, from the jobs we hold to the products we buy to the medical care we receive - an aging revolution underway across...

This book explores how job loss, the onset of health limitations, and changes in family structure can have a pronounced influence on individual and household well-being across the life course. These events are typically studied in isolation, whereas this book provides a systematic overview and...

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lessons from Previous Reports -- 3 Eliminating Uninsurance: Lessons from the Past and Present -- 4 Principles to Guide the Extension of Coverage -- 5 Prototypes to Extend...

Employment and Health Benefits -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS IN CONTEXT -- Historical Development -- Key Statistics -- International Comparisons -- Scope and Functions -- Access to Health Services -- Costs in Context --...

Cover -- SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- "I just don't feel like myself anymore": putting the patient's voice into integrated care -- PRACTITIONER COMMENTARY -- Collaborative authenticity -- PRACTITIONER COMMENTARY -- Incorporating digital self-services into integrated mental health...

This edited collection explores the links between human capital (both in the form of health and in the form of education), demographic change, and economic growth. Using empirical as well as theoretical perspectives, the authors investigate several important issues in the context of human...

"A spectacular thirty-meter high viaduct spans the Ouseburn river as it makes its way through Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the northeast corner of England. Modern, bright-yellow and black tram cars ply the viaduct, bringing passengers from working-class Byker to more affluent South Gosforth station...

This paper examines the effects of education on health and hospitalization over the life cycle. Using administrative data, we leverage a 1972 compulsory schooling reform within the United Kingdom which produced a large increase in educational attainment among affected cohorts. Our regression...