Add to ORKGObjective: This article examines health disparities between older Blacks/ Whites by recognizing the importance of health services utilization. Although previous studies have examined health and utilization independently, this is among the first to (a) model its endogenous relation with utilization, and (b) use a continuous measure for health. Data: Household Component files from Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2004 and 2005, with 1,369 observations (1,169 for White and 200 for Black) between the ages of 61-69. Methods: The methods employed are two-equation modeling where Medicare eligibility functions as the identification criterion and also as an exogenous shock. Results: The results show older Blacks continue to remain in po...
Unexpectedly, the use of health care services has been found to differ substantially across subgroup...
To assess black-white differences in disability and morbidity in the last years of life, the authors...
This study builds on an ever growing health demand and retirement literature. I extend the literatur...
Objective: This article examines health disparities between older Blacks/ Whites by recognizing the ...
Abstract: The U.S population is becoming increasingly older due to steady increases in longevity, es...
Objectives: To explore the impact of adjusting for income and education on disparities in functional...
During the twentieth century, we were excited by the increase in life expectancy, which grew from 47...
Medicare eligibility age is a major focus of health policy discussions about how to tackle increasin...
Social scientists have long been interested in the ways that early life and educational attainment a...
Objectives. Optimistic predictions for the Healthy People 2010 goals of eliminating racial/ethnic di...
Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141438/1/jgs15136.pdfhttps://deepblue....
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by SAGE in Journal of Aging and Health in 20...
This article profiles three subgroups of African American elders that are at risk in terms of health...
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Dif...
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--...
Unexpectedly, the use of health care services has been found to differ substantially across subgroup...
To assess black-white differences in disability and morbidity in the last years of life, the authors...
This study builds on an ever growing health demand and retirement literature. I extend the literatur...
Objective: This article examines health disparities between older Blacks/ Whites by recognizing the ...
Abstract: The U.S population is becoming increasingly older due to steady increases in longevity, es...
Objectives: To explore the impact of adjusting for income and education on disparities in functional...
During the twentieth century, we were excited by the increase in life expectancy, which grew from 47...
Medicare eligibility age is a major focus of health policy discussions about how to tackle increasin...
Social scientists have long been interested in the ways that early life and educational attainment a...
Objectives. Optimistic predictions for the Healthy People 2010 goals of eliminating racial/ethnic di...
Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141438/1/jgs15136.pdfhttps://deepblue....
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by SAGE in Journal of Aging and Health in 20...
This article profiles three subgroups of African American elders that are at risk in terms of health...
As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Dif...
In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good--...
Unexpectedly, the use of health care services has been found to differ substantially across subgroup...
To assess black-white differences in disability and morbidity in the last years of life, the authors...
This study builds on an ever growing health demand and retirement literature. I extend the literatur...