Cognitive Ability and Retiree Health Care Expenditure
Cognitive Ability and Retiree Health Care Expenditure
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认知能力和退休人员医疗保健支出
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发表时间：
2010
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通讯作者：
Dan Silverman
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作者：
Hanming Fang;Lauren Hersch Nicholas;Dan Silverman
先前的研究表明，认知能力较低的退休人员面临更大的财务风险，因为他们的收入较低，但医疗支出较高。将HRS数据与行政记录联系起来，我们评估了关于为什么这一群体在健康方面花费更多的两个假设：（1）他们的健康状况更差;（2）他们在相同的条件下接受更昂贵或更低效的护理。我们发现，大部分（但不是全部）的横截面关系可以归因于那些认知功能较低的人的健康状况较差。这种关系在很大程度上似乎是由认知能力和健康状况的同时下降所驱动的。虽然，在这方面，数据有重要的局限性，我们发现没有证据表明在护理方面存在重大差异，条件是可观察到的健康状况。
Prior research indicates that retirees with less cognitive ability are at greater financial risk because they have lower incomes yet higher medical expenditures. Linking HRS data to administrative records, we evaluate two hypotheses about why this group spends more on health: (1) they are in worse health; (2) they receive more expensive or less effective care for the same conditions. We find that the bulk, but not all, of the cross-sectional relationship can be attributed to the poorer health of those with lower cognitive functioning. Much of this relationship appears to be driven by coincident declines in cognitive ability and health. While, in this respect, the data have important limitations, we find no evidence of substantial differences in care, conditional on observable health.
DOI：
10.1093/geronb/52b.special_issue.37
发表时间：
1997-05-01
影响因子：
6.2
作者：
Herzog, AR;Wallace, RB
通讯作者：
Wallace, RB