دانلود کتاب Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)

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Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
I. DISABILITY TRENDS......Page 32
1. The Health of Older Men in the Past......Page 34
2. Arthritis: Changes in Its Prevalence during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries......Page 68
3. Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparities in Trends in Old-Age Disability......Page 88
II. PATHWAYS TO DISABILITY......Page 116
4. Pathways to Disability: Predicting Health Trajectories......Page 118
5. Clinical Pathways to Disability......Page 164
III.MEDICAL ADVANCES AND DISABILITY......Page 202
6. Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions......Page 204
7. Are Baby Boomers Aging Better Than Their Predecessors? Trends in Overweight, Arthritis, and Mobility Difficulty......Page 236
8. Disability and Spending Growth......Page 250
IV.WORK DISABILITY......Page 262
9. Work Disability is a Pain in the ****, Especially in England, the Netherlands, and the United States......Page 264
10. Disability Risk and the Value of Disability Insurance......Page 308
11. Why Are the Disability Rolls Skyrocketing? The Contribution of Population Characteristics, Economic Conditions, and Program Generosity......Page 350
12. Early Retirement and DI/SSI Applications: Exploring the Impact of Depression......Page 394
V. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND CAREGIVING......Page 422
13. Trends in Assistance with Daily Activities: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities Persist in the U.S. Older Population......Page 424
14. How Do Medicare Beneficiaries with Physical and Sensory Disabilities Feel About Their Health Care?......Page 452
15. Inter-Spousal Mortality Effects: Caregiver Burden Across the Spectrum of Disabling Disease......Page 468
Contributors......Page 492
Author Index......Page 496
Subject Index......Page 502