Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Retirement and Health Poll
September 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
Pre-retirees may underestimate health, financial challenges of retirement, poll from NPR, RWJF and Harvard School of Public Health shows.
Examining the Evidence
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Older patients—the most complex and expensive patients—are not adequately represented in randomized controlled trials.
Primary Care and Health Outcomes Among Older Patients with Diabetes
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Veterans who visited VA facilities with longer primary care wait times had significantly lower primary care utilization compared with veterans who visited VA facilities with shorter primary care wait times.
The Future of Death in America
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers offer a more complete, yet easily modified model for estimating American life expectancy by age and sex, incorporating for the first time the decline in tobacco use, increase in obesity and well-known trends and patterns of mortality.
Excluding Elderly from Clinical Trials Makes Real-World Practice of Medicine Harder
March 21, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF Clinical Scholars reveals that seniors are often excluded from trials, leaving doctors without critical data they need to treat their patients.
Retooling for an Aging America Conference
March 15, 2011 | Program Result
At its 16th annual conference, the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy focused on how to meet the growing need of aging Americans for health care services and released key recommendations.
Basic ADL Disability and Functional Limitation Rates Among Older Americans From 2000-2005
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents analysis of basic disabilities among older adults. The study considered data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2000-2005. The findings indicate that basic disabilities increased from 2000-20005, reversing a trend that began in the 80s.
Our Neighbors to the North Receive More Physician Services, Pay Less Per Service
November 1, 1996 | Program Result
The Urban Institute analyzed physician services provided to the elderly in the United States and Canada to determine whether cost or quantity controls (or some mixture of the two) have enabled Canada to hold the line on health care expenditures.
Accelerated Cell Aging in Female APOE-e4 Carriers
February 13, 2013 | Journal Article
This study reveals that carriers of the APOE-e4 risk allele (a major genetic risk factor for cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and early mortality), may benefit from HT.
Medical Spending and the Health of the Elderly
May 24, 2011 | Journal Article
More medical spending found to modestly relate to better health outcomes.