scholarly journals Racial differences in influenza vaccination among older americans 1996–2000: longitudinal analysis of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) survey

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Truls Østbye ◽  
Donald H Taylor ◽  
Ann Marie M Lee ◽  
Gary Greenberg ◽  
Lynn van Scoyoc
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Health Dynamics ◽  
Retirement Study

A Longitudinal Analysis of Site of Death: The Effects of Continuous Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Versus Conventional Medicare

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 960-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Edmiston Chen ◽  
Edward Alan Miller
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Fee For Service ◽  
Medicare Advantage ◽  
Medicare Beneficiaries ◽  
Lower Odds ◽  
Retirement Study

This study assessed the odds of dying in hospital associated with enrollment in Medicare Advantage (M-A) versus conventional Medicare Fee-for-Service (M-FFS). Data were derived from the 2008 and 2010 waves of the Health and Retirement Study ( n = 1,030). The sample consisted of elderly Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2008–2010 (34% died in hospital, and 66% died at home, in long-term senior care, a hospice facility, or other setting). Logistic regression estimated the odds of dying in hospital for those continuously enrolled in M-A from 2008 until death compared to those continuously enrolled in M-FFS and those switching between the two plans. Results indicate that decedents continuously enrolled in M-A had 43% lower odds of dying in hospital compared to those continuously enrolled in M-FFS. Financial incentives in M-A contracts may reduce the odds of dying in hospital.

The Changing Face of Debt and Financial Fragility at Older Ages

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 407-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Lusardi ◽  
Olivia S. Mitchell ◽  
Noemi Oggero
Keyword(s):  
Policy Implications ◽  
Financial Fragility ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Down Payments ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Retirement Study

We investigate changes in older individuals' financial fragility as they stand on the verge of retirement. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we compare how debt has changed for successive cohorts of people age 56–61. Our analysis shows that recent older Americans close to retirement hold more debt, and hence face greater financial insecurity, than earlier generations. This is primarily due to having bought more expensive homes with smaller down payments. We discuss possible policy implications.

Recent trends in wealth inequality among older Americans in two surveys

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Gabor Kezdi ◽  
Margaret Lay ◽  
David Weir
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Health And Retirement Study ◽  
Survey Of Consumer Finances ◽  
Older Americans ◽  
Consumer Finances ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Social Security Wealth ◽  
Retirement Study

We document changes in wealth inequality across American households with a member aged 55 or older, comparing data in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) with that in the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) between 1998 and 2016. We examine net wealth including housing, financial and nonfinancial assets and debt, without the cash value of insurances, DB pensions or Social Security wealth. We find very similar distributions of net wealth in the two surveys between the 25th and 90th percentiles, but substantially higher wealth in the SCF at the top of the distribution. Both surveys show an increase in wealth inequality between 1998 and 2016, first mostly due to increased wealth at the top, and, after 2012, due to an increase in the share of households with very little wealth as well. Both surveys agree that wealth inequality by education and race, already substantial in 1998, increased further by 2016.

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