| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w14811 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 14811 |
| Coping with Chronic Disease? Chronic Disease and Disability in Elderly American Population 1982-1999 | |
| Gabriel Aranovich; Jay Bhattacharya; Alan M. Garber; Thomas E. MaCurdy | |
| 发表日期 | 2009-03-25 |
| 出版年 | 2009 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | It is well known that disability rates among the American elderly have declined over the past decades. The cause of this decline is less well established. In this paper, we test one important possible explanation--that the decline in disability occurred because of chronic disease prevention efforts among the elderly. For this purpose we analyze data from the National Long Term Care Survey and from the National Health and Interview Survey. Our findings suggest that primary prevention, as reflected in decreased disease prevalence, was not responsible for advances made in elderly functioning between 1980 and 2000. We found a broad decline in less severe forms of disability that is unlikely to have resulted from improved disease management. Instead, these measured improvements in functioning may reflect environmental, technological, and/or socioeconomic changes. Improvements in the more severe forms of disability were modest and were restricted to those suffering from particular illnesses, which make improved and/or more aggressive management a plausible explanation and one that might increase costs should the trend persist. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w14811 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572487 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gabriel Aranovich,Jay Bhattacharya,Alan M. Garber,et al. Coping with Chronic Disease? Chronic Disease and Disability in Elderly American Population 1982-1999. 2009. |
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