Health at older ages : the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly / / edited by David M. Cutler and David A. Wise.
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| Superior document: | A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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| Physical Description: | xi, 494 p. :; ill. ;; 24 cm. |
| Notes: | "This volume consists of papers presented at a conference held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in October 2004"--P. xi. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / David M. Cutler, David A. Wise, and Richard G. Woodbury
- The health of older men in the past / Dora L. Costa
- Arthritis : changes in its prevalence during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Paula Canavese and Robert W. Fogel
- Socioeconomic and demographic disparities in trends in old-age disability / Robert F. Schoeni, Vicki A. Freedman, and Linda G. Martin
- Pathways to disability : predicting health trajectories / Florian Heiss ... [et al.]
- Clinical pathways to disability / Mary Beth Landrum, Kate A. Stewart, and David M. Cutler
- Intensive medical care and cardiovascular disease disability reductions / David M. Cutler, Mary Beth Landrum, and Kate A. Stewart
- Are baby boomers aging better than their predecessors? Trends in overweight, arthritis, and mobility difficulty / Suzanne G. Leveille, Christina C. Wee, and Lisa I. Iezzoni
- Disability and spending growth / Michael E. Chernew ... [et al.]
- Work disability is a pain in the ****, especially in England, the Netherlands, and the United States / James Banks ... [et al.]
- Disability risk and the value of disability insurance / Amitabh Chandra and Andrew A. Samwick
- Why are the disability rolls skyrocketing? The contribution of population characteristics, economic conditions, and program generosity / Mark Duggan and Scott A. Imberman
- Early retirement and DI/SSI applications : exploring the impact of depression / Rena M. Conti, Ernst R. Berndt, and Richard G. Frank
- Trends in assistance with daily activities : racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities persist in the U.S. older population / Vicki A. Freedman ... [et al.]
- How do Medicare beneficiaries with physical and sensory disabilities feel about their health care? / Lisa I. Iezzoni, Jane R. Soukup, and Suzanne G. Leveille
- Inter-spousal mortality effects : caregiver burden across the spectrum of disabling disease / Nicholas A. Christakis and Paul D. Allison.