Add to ORKGDespite the presence of Medicare, out-of-pocket medical spending is a large expenditure risk facing the elderly. While women live longer than men, elderly women incur higher out-of-pocket medical spending than men at each age. In this paper, we examine whether differences in marital status and living arrangements can explain this difference. We find that out-of-pocket medical spending is approximately 29 percent higher when an individual becomes widowed, a large portion of which is spending on nursing homes. Our results suggest a substantial role of living arrangements in out-of-pocket medical spending; however, our estimates combined with differences in rates of widowhood across gender suggest that marital status can explain only one third...
This paper examines differences in national health care spending by gender and age. Our research fou...
Summary Widowhood and retirement change the economie environment of elderly households. While retire...
In this paper we examine the effect of widowhood on asset trajectories. In many industrialized count...
Despite the presence of Medicare, out-of-pocket medical spending is a large expenditure risk facing ...
Several categories of medical expenditures are not covered by Medicare, including prescription drug...
The findings and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent the vi...
Despite suggestive evidence, there has been no adequately powered systematic study of the ways in wh...
ABSTRACT: Using data from the 1980–2001 Consumer Expenditure Surveys, we investigate how impending w...
The routine of instrumental activities of daily living is dependent on the living arrangement of the...
Women face various health problems during their lives. This has an impact on health costs that must ...
Abstract Background Despite the high prevalence and evident health effects of divorce and widowhood,...
We investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and n...
Over the past 4 decades, the poverty rate of theUS elderly population has fallen by more than 60%, a...
The full text of this article is not available in SOAR. WSU users can access the article via commerc...
Background: older women have a higher risk of care home admission than men, this difference remains ...
This paper examines differences in national health care spending by gender and age. Our research fou...
Summary Widowhood and retirement change the economie environment of elderly households. While retire...
In this paper we examine the effect of widowhood on asset trajectories. In many industrialized count...
Despite the presence of Medicare, out-of-pocket medical spending is a large expenditure risk facing ...
Several categories of medical expenditures are not covered by Medicare, including prescription drug...
The findings and conclusions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not represent the vi...
Despite suggestive evidence, there has been no adequately powered systematic study of the ways in wh...
ABSTRACT: Using data from the 1980–2001 Consumer Expenditure Surveys, we investigate how impending w...
The routine of instrumental activities of daily living is dependent on the living arrangement of the...
Women face various health problems during their lives. This has an impact on health costs that must ...
Abstract Background Despite the high prevalence and evident health effects of divorce and widowhood,...
We investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and n...
Over the past 4 decades, the poverty rate of theUS elderly population has fallen by more than 60%, a...
The full text of this article is not available in SOAR. WSU users can access the article via commerc...
Background: older women have a higher risk of care home admission than men, this difference remains ...
This paper examines differences in national health care spending by gender and age. Our research fou...
Summary Widowhood and retirement change the economie environment of elderly households. While retire...
In this paper we examine the effect of widowhood on asset trajectories. In many industrialized count...