Health at older ages
Subtitle: the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly
By: edited by David M. Cutler and David A. Wise.
Contributors: Cutler, David M.; Wise, David A.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9780226132310
Subjects: Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Statistics; Older people with disabilities -- United States -- Statistics; Aged -- United States; Geriatric Assessment -- United States; Chronic Disease -- economics -- United States; Chronic Disease -- prevention & control -- United States; Disabled Persons -- United States; Health Services for the Aged -- trends -- United States
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Americans are living longer - and staying healthier longer - than ever before. This text is an essential contribution to the debate about meeting the medical needs of an ageing nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Work disability is a pain in the *****, especially in England, the Netherlands, and the United States / James Banks ... [et al.]; title: Why were older men in the past in such poor health? / Dora L. Costa; title: Arthritis : changes in its prevalence during the 19th and 20th centuries / Paula Canavese and Robert W. Fogel; title: Pathways to disability / Axel Börsch-Supan ... [et al.]; title: Heterogeneity in the clinical pathways to disability / Mary Beth Landrum, Kate A. Stewart, and David M. Cutler; title: Socioeconomic and demographic disparities in trends in old-age disability / Robert F. Schoeni, Vicki A. Freedman, and Linda G. Martin; title: Disability risk and the value of disability insurance / Amitabh Chandra and Andrew A. Samwick; title: Intensive medical care and cardiovascular disease disability reductions / David M. Cutler, Mary Beth Landrum, and Kate A. Stewart; title: Early retirement and DI/SSI applications : exploring the impact of depression / Rena M. Conti, Ernst R. Berndt, and Richard G. Frank; title: 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; title: How do Medicare beneficiaries with physical and sensory disabilities feel about their health care? / Lisa I. Iezzoni, Jane R. Soukup, and Suzanne G. Leveille; title: Trends in assistance with daily activities : racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities persist in the U.S. older population / Vicki A. Freedman ... [et al.]; title: Disability and spending growth / Michael E. Chernew ... [et al.]; title: Why are the disability rolls skyrocketing? : the contribution of population characteristics, economic conditions, and program generosity / Mark Duggan and Scott Imberman; title: Inter-spousal mortality effects : caregiver burden across the spectrum of disabling disease / Nicholas A. Christakis and Paul D. Allison.