Future Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States Under Alternative Dementia Prevalence Scenarios
In the present paper we modified the age-specific prevalence rates according to two scenarios.
Publications
The publications below were produced through research projects in the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
2017
-
-
Disease Incidence and Mortality Among Older Americans and Europeans
Overall, the origin of the higher prevalence of health conditions in the United States results from a higher incidence of diseases and prevalence earlier in the life course.
2016
-
Nursing Homes in States with Infection Control Training or Infection Reporting Have Reduced Infection Control Deficiency Citations
The objective of this study is to determine associations between specific state DOH activities and NH IC citation rates.
-
Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-Being?
This paper studies relationships between social networks, health and subjective well-being (SWB) using nationally representative data of the Chinese Population--the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS).
2015
-
When do Firms Go Green? Comparing Price Incentives with Command and Control Regulations in India
Compares the impacts of India's command-and-control environmental regulations with the impact of changes in coal prices on establishment-level pollution abatement, coal consumption, and productivity growth.
-
Health IT and Ambulatory Care Quality
This paper studies the effects of healthcare information technology on ambulatory care quality, which is measured using the rate of hospital admissions for conditions identified as sensitive to ambulatory care quality.
-
Automatic Enrollment in Retirement Savings Vehicles: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, this paper examines how employers' automatic enrollment policies influence longer-run participation and contribution status among older Americans.
-
The Impact of Employment Transitions on Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from the Great Recession and Its Aftermath
Using data from the Financial Crisis Surveys collected in the American Life Panel, this study estimates the causal effect of work transitions, in particular unemployment and reemployment, on subjective well-being between November 2009 and April 2013 in the US.
-
Cost-effectiveness of Nutrition Intervention in Long-Term Care
This study aims to determine the cost-effectiveness of two nutrition interventions on food, beverage, and supplement intake and body weight.
-
Defaulting In and Cashing Out? The Impact of Retirement Plan Design on the Savings Accumulation of Separating Employees
Explores the participation and distribution decisions of those who separate from their employers.
-
US Prevalence and Predictors of Informal Caregiving for Dementia
This study looks at the prevalence and predicators in informal care for cognitive impairment or probable dementia in the U.S.
-
The Fair Labor Standards Act: Worker Misclassification and the Hours and Earnings Effects of Expanded Coverage
Using data from the RAND American Life Panel, this paper quantifies the frequency that employers violate the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime rules.
-
Medicare Payment Policy Creates Incentives for Long-Term Care Hospitals to Time Discharges for Maximum Reimbursement
Using Medicare data, we examined the impact of the short-stay policy on lengths-of-stay and Medicare reimbursement among patients in long-term care hospitals who require prolonged mechanical ventilation.
-
The Effect of Housing and Stock Wealth Losses on Spending in the Great Recession
Uses panel data at the household level on a complete inventory of household spending and assets to estimate the spending response to the sharp and largely unexpected declines in house and stock market prices that occurred in the Great Recession.
-
Life-Cycle Consumption Patterns at Older Ages in the US and the UK: Can Medical Expenditures Explain the Difference?
Examines causes of steeper declines in nondurable expenditures in the UK compared to the US in spite of income paths at older ages exhibiting similar declines.
-
Trust and Financial Advice
Explores the relationships between financial trust and behaviors, attitudes, knowledge and preferences related to utilizing professional financial advice.
-
Disability Insurance and the Great Recession
Estimates the effect of labor market conditions on the number of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance, the number and composition of initial allowances and denials, and the timing of applications relative to disability onset.
-
Effects of Demographic and Educational Changes on the Labor Markets of Brazil and Mexico
Estimates the impact of demographic and educational changes on the earnings and returns to schooling of workers in Brazil and Mexico.
-
A Theory of Education and Health
Presents a theory of human capital with both health capital and skill capital aimed at understanding the complex relationship between education and health, and generates several new testable predictions.
-
Human Capital and Labor Informality in Chile: A Life-Cycle Approach
Uses a dynamic life-cycle model estimated with rich Chilean longitudinal data to investigate the extent to which comparative advantage drives participation in informal labor markets.
-
Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: USER GUIDE, Health Behavior, Version A
User guide (health behavior, version A) for the harmonization of cross-national studies of aging to the health and retirement study.
-
Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants
Measures the causal effect of time out of the labor force on subsequent employment of Social Security Disability Insurance applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits.
-
Dementia Care Management in an Underserved Community: The Comparative Effectiveness of Two Different Approaches
Compares the effectiveness and costs of telephone-only approach to in-person plus telephone for delivering an evidence-based, coordinated care management program for dementia.
-
Developing and Testing Informed-Consent Methods in a Study of the Elderly in Mexico
This report documents the process one research team developed to obtain informed consent from those choosing to participate in the research, norms and regulations for conducting research involving human subjects in the United States and Mexico, and how the team developed and tested a culturally sensitive approach for collecting informed consent among the elderly in Yucatan.
-
The Invisible Homebound: Setting Quality-of-Care Standards for Home-Based Primary and Palliative Care
This article describes the current status of home-based medical care in the United States and offers a brief narrative of a fictional homebound patient and the health events and fragmented care she faces.