"This volume consists of papers presented at a conference held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in October 2004"--P. xi. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
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.
Series:
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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