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Jul 9, 2026

Use of Claims Data to Screen for Functional Limitations Among Medicare Beneficiaries

This paper describes the development of a survey-based index of functional limitations and a new claims-based model for predicting limitations.

Megan Mathews, Steven C. Martino, Denis Agniel, Helin Hernandez, Megan K. Beckett, Debra Saliba, Jacob W. Dembosky, Nathan Orr, Marc N. Elliott
Research

May 29, 2026

Capturing Adults' Familiarity With Financial Fraud: Relationships With Targeting, Engagement, and Victimization

Using a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults, this study explores awareness of five financial fraud types and links that knowledge to fraud experiences including targeting, engagement, and financial loss.

Duygu Başaran Şahin, Olivia Valdes, Gary Mottola, Andrew M. Parker, Kelly Hyde, Sierra Smucker, Emily Hoch
Research

May 28, 2026

Geographic Variation in Amputations for Medicare Patients With Diabetic Lower-Extremity Wounds

The objective of this paper is to examine associations of regional patient and health care system characteristics with major amputations following diabetic lower-extremity wounds.

Ioana Popescu, Helin Hernandez, Gabriela Plasencia, Sarah Schutz, Danya Birnbaum, Jill Gurvey, Aksone Nouvong, Vincent Rowe, Cheryl L. Damberg
Research

May 14, 2026

Initiation Setting and Persistence of Medications Affecting Cognition in Older Adults

Older Medicare beneficiaries were disproportionately prescribed cognition-affecting medications from acute/postacute settings, and most continued taking them one year later.

Dan P. Ly, Annie W. Yang, Mei Leng, Catherine A. Sarkisian, Cheryl L. Damberg, John N. Mafi
Research

May 11, 2026

Kinship, Gender, and the Social Networks of Caregivers for Older Adults

This study generates an empirical typology of caregiver social networks and examines the types’ association with caregiver gender, relationship to the recipient, and their interaction.

James P. Murphy, Esther M. Friedman, David P. Kennedy
Research

May 8, 2026

Insurance Coverage and Provision of Opioid Disorder Treatment: Evidence From Medicare

Medicare's 2020 methadone coverage policy for opioid use disorder expanded treatment access for older adults, increased provider participation, and generated spillover effects across payers.

Denis Agniel, Jonathan H. Cantor, Johanna C. MacLean, Erin A. Taylor, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon
Research Summary

Mar 12, 2026

China’s Aging Population and the Implications for China’s Security

This brief reviews RAND research on demographic trends in China and examines how these trends might affect the country’s security and economic growth.

Jennifer Bouey, Michael S. Pollard, Agnes Xiangzhen Wang, Rakesh Pandey
Research

Jan 15, 2026

An Exploratory Analysis of Advance Care Planning Typologies in a Sample of Midlife and Older Adult Sexual Minority Men

This exploratory analysis focused on two key research questions: 1) What are the patterns of advance care planning behaviors among midlife and older adult SMM? 2) What psychosocial correlates and experiences are associated with these patterns?

Daniel Siconolfi, Emma Thomas, Sabina A. Haberlen, M. Reuel Friedman, Deanna Ware, Steven Meanley, Michael Brennan, James E. Egan, Robert K. Bolan, Valentina Stosor, Michael W. Plankey
Research

Nov 21, 2025

Cost-effectiveness of Acupuncture Needling for Older Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain

Enhanced acupuncture was cost saving and standard acupuncture may be cost-effective from the healthcare-sector and Medicare perspectives compared with usual medical care for older adults with chronic low back pain.

Patricia M. Herman, Samuel J. Mann, Lynn L. DeBar, Andrew Avins, Morgan Justice, Arya Nielsen, Alice R. Pressman, Katie L. Stone, Robert D. Wellman, Andrea J. Cook
Research

Oct 17, 2025

Perceptions About Housing and Neighborhood Characteristics Among Aging Adult Black Americans in Two Predominantly Black, Low-Income Neighborhoods in Pittsburgh: A Multi-Method Analysis

We explore the intersection of housing, neighborhoods, and healthy aging among Black adults who live in two predominantly Black, low-income neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Alina I. Palimaru, Avah Mousavi-Raad, Keisha McDonald, Andrea L. Russo, Tamara Dubowitz, Tanisha G. Hill-Jarrett, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Sarah L. Pedersen, La'Vette Wagner, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Wendy M. Troxel
Research

Sep 30, 2025

The Economic Impacts of Menopause in the United States

This analysis highlights productivity losses associated with menopause symptoms for working women in the United States. The report emphasizes the need for targeted workplace policies and interventions to mitigate these economic losses.

Jennifer A. Heissel, Shannon D. Donofry, Amanda Bonheur, Daniel Shinnick, Julia Rollison, Wendy M. Troxel
Research

Sep 22, 2025

Fertility Decline in China and Its National Military, Structural, and Regime Security: China Population Research

The authors of this report provide an introduction to China’s demographic trends through 2050, an overview of historical population growth policies, and an exploration of the implications of these trends for China’s national security.

Michael S. Pollard, Jennifer Bouey, Agnes Xiangzhen Wang, Rakesh Pandey

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