Using data the Health and Retirement Survey and the Assets and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old, this article provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of whether an individual purchases health insurance. The authors describe the relationship between health costs and health care utilization of individuals aged 50 and explore how these factors vary with access to health insurance.Medicare ; Medical care, Cost of
This article shows that the elderly, especially those with high lifetime incomes, maintain large ass...
from the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number T32-AG00186. Over the past several decades health...
This study provides evidence on the economic decisions of senior citizens with respect to the larges...
The vast majority of individuals in the United States obtain their health insurance through employer...
The research reported in this paper examines the decision to have private health insurance by elderl...
[[abstract]]This study focuses on the mutual relationship of elderly health care utilization and pur...
The paper exploits Social Security legislation changes to identify the causal effect of Social Secur...
We use data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) to document the medical spending of ...
This paper examines the effect of an individual\u27s age and income on the premiums that she pays in...
Gaps in health insurance coverage among the near-elderly are of particular policy concern both becau...
Analyzes the extent to which health care spending as a share of income has differed among younger ad...
We study a model in which retired single people optimally choose consumption, medical spending and ...
The rise in health expenditure in the U.S. has generated interest in the determinants of health expe...
The rise in health expenditure in the U.S. has generated interest in the determinants of health expe...
This article examines older Australians’ decision to purchase health insurance. It does so in the co...
This article shows that the elderly, especially those with high lifetime incomes, maintain large ass...
from the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number T32-AG00186. Over the past several decades health...
This study provides evidence on the economic decisions of senior citizens with respect to the larges...
The vast majority of individuals in the United States obtain their health insurance through employer...
The research reported in this paper examines the decision to have private health insurance by elderl...
[[abstract]]This study focuses on the mutual relationship of elderly health care utilization and pur...
The paper exploits Social Security legislation changes to identify the causal effect of Social Secur...
We use data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) to document the medical spending of ...
This paper examines the effect of an individual\u27s age and income on the premiums that she pays in...
Gaps in health insurance coverage among the near-elderly are of particular policy concern both becau...
Analyzes the extent to which health care spending as a share of income has differed among younger ad...
We study a model in which retired single people optimally choose consumption, medical spending and ...
The rise in health expenditure in the U.S. has generated interest in the determinants of health expe...
The rise in health expenditure in the U.S. has generated interest in the determinants of health expe...
This article examines older Australians’ decision to purchase health insurance. It does so in the co...
This article shows that the elderly, especially those with high lifetime incomes, maintain large ass...
from the National Institute on Aging, Grant Number T32-AG00186. Over the past several decades health...
This study provides evidence on the economic decisions of senior citizens with respect to the larges...