| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w22306 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 22306 |
| Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly Population | |
| Michael Chernew; David M. Cutler; Kaushik Ghosh; Mary Beth Landrum | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-06-06 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Understanding how healthy lifespans are changing is essential for public policy. This paper explores changes in healthy lifespan in the U.S. over time and considers reasons for the changes. We reach three fundamental conclusions. First, we show that healthy life increased measurably in the US between 1992 and 2008. Years of healthy life expectancy at age 65 increased by 1.8 years over that time period, while disabled life expectancy fell by 0.5 years. Second, we identify the medical conditions that contribute the most to changes in healthy life expectancy. The largest improvements in healthy life expectancy come from reduced incidence and improved functioning for those with cardiovascular disease and vision problems. Together, these conditions account for 63 percent of the improvement in disability-free life expectancy. Third and more speculatively, we explore the role of medical treatments in the improvements for these two conditions. We estimate that improved medical care is likely responsible for a significant part of the cardiovascular and vision-related extension of healthy life. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Poverty and Wellbeing |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w22306 |
| 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/579979 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Michael Chernew,David M. Cutler,Kaushik Ghosh,et al. Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly Population. 2016. |
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| w22306.pdf（582KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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