CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement has recently been updated (2012 edition, tables available in .zip compressed .pdf and Microsoft Excel format):
- Medicaid (tables 13.1 to 13.27):
CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement has recently been updated (2012 edition, tables available in .zip compressed .pdf and Microsoft Excel format):
- Medicaid (tables 13.1 to 13.27):
“End-of-Life Hospital Care for Cancer Patients,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 26p.).
secure.cihi.ca/estore/productFamily.htm?locale=en&pf=PFC2162&lang=en&media=0
A. “Mediterranean Diet, Telomere Maintenance and Health Status among Elderly,” by Virginia Boccardi, Antonietta Esposito, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Raffaele Marfella, Michelangela Barbieri, and Giuseppe Paolisso (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62781. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062781, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062781
B. “KCNQ Channels Regulate Age-Related Memory Impairment,” by Sonia Cavaliere, Bilal R. Malik, and James J. L. Hodge (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62445. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062445, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062445
C. “The Association between Pulse Wave Velocity and Cognitive Function: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study,” by Joel Singer, Julian N. Trollor, John Crawford, Michael F. O’Rourke, Bernhard T. Baune, Henry Brodaty, Katherine Samaras, Nicole A. Kochan, Lesley Campbell, Perminder S. Sachdev, and Evelyn Smith (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61855. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061855, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061855
D. “Prevalence of Self-Reported Pain, Joint Complaints and Knee or Hip Complaints in Adults Aged => 40 Years: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Herne, Germany,” by Ulrich Thiem, Rainer Lamsfuss, Sven Gunther, Jochen Schumacher, Christian Baker, Heinz G. Endres, Josef Zacher, Gerd R. Burmester, and Ludger Pientka (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60753. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060753, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060753
“The MetLife Study of Gen X: The MTV Generation Moves into Mid-Life,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 29p.).
www.metlife.com/mmi/research/generation-x-mtv-generation-mid-life.html#findings
A. “Tau Passive Immunotherapy in Mutant P301L Mice: Antibody Affinity versus Specificity,” by Cristina d’Abramo, Christopher M. Acker, Heidy T. Jimenez, and Peter Davies (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62402. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062402, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062402
B. “Bimanual Motor Coordination in Older Adults Is Associated with Increased Functional Brain Connectivity – A Graph-Theoretical Analysis,” by Marcus H. Heitger, Daniel J. Goble, Thijs Dhollander, Patrick Dupont, Karen Caeyenberghs, Alexander Leemans, Stefan Sunaert, and Stephan P. Swinnen (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62133. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062133, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062133
“Single-tier State Pension – women born between 1951 and 1953,” by Djuna Thurley (SN06620, April 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).
“Implementation of the 2012 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey,” by Jane Karnes Straker, Karl Chow, Karel Kalaw, and Xi Pan (March 2013, .pdf format, 78p.).
www.scripps.muohio.edu/content/implementation-2012-ohio-nursing-home-family-satisfaction-survey
“Determinants of Exceptional Longevity: Early-Life Conditions, Mid-Life Environment and Parental Characteristics,” by Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova (April 2013, .pdf format, 51p.). Note: This paper was presented at the PAA Annual Conference on April 12, 2013.
EBRI Notes (Vol. 34, No. 4, April 2013, .pdf format, 20p.). Note: The articles in this issue are: “Characteristics of the Population With Consumer-Driven and High-Deductible Health Plans, 2005-2012,” by Paul Fronstin; and, “Retirement Plan Participation and Asset Allocation, 2010,” by Craig Copeland.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5202
A. “Spike bursts increase amyloid-{beta} 40/42 ratio by inducing a presenilin-1 conformational change,” by Iftach Dolev, Hilla Fogel, Hila Milshtein, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Noa Lipstein, Nils Brose, Neta Gazit & Inna Slutsky (Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2013, p. 587-595).
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v16/n5/abs/nn.3376.html
B. “Physiologic brain activity causes DNA double-strand breaks in neurons, with exacerbation by amyloid-{beta},” by Elsa Suberbielle, Pascal E Sanchez, Alexxai V Kravitz, Xin Wang, Kaitlyn Ho, Kirsten Eilertson, Nino Devidze, Anatol C Kreitzer and Lennart Mucke (Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2013, p. 613-619).
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v16/n5/abs/nn.3356.html
C. “Dopamine restores reward prediction errors in old age,” by Rumana Chowdhury, Marc Guitart-Masip, Christian Lambert, Peter Dayan, Quentin Huys, Emrah Düzel & Raymond J Dolan (Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2013, p. 648-653).
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v16/n5/abs/nn.3364.html
D. “Activation of transposable elements during aging and neuronal decline in Drosophila,” by Wanhe Li, Lisa Prazak, Nabanita Chatterjee, Servan Gruninger, Lisa Krug, Delphine Theodorou & Josh Dubnau (Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2013, p. 529-531).
“Suppressing protein may stem Alzheimer’s disease process” (Apr. 25, 2013).
“Age-related personal allowance,” by Antony Seely and Dominic Webb (SN06158, April 2013, .pdf format, 21p.).
“National Positive Ageing Strategy,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 78p.).
www.dohc.ie/publications/National_Positive_Ageing_Strategy.html
A. “FDG PET and MRI in Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia versus Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type,” by Ajay Madhavan, Jennifer L. Whitwell, Stephen D. Weigand, Joseph R. Duffy, Edythe A. Strand, Mary M. Machulda, Nirubol Tosakulwong, Matthew L. Senjem, Jeffrey L. Gunter, Val J. Lowe, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, and Keith A. Josephs (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62471. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062471, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062471
B. “TOM40 Mediates Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induced by {alpha}-Synuclein Accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease,” by Andreas Bender, Paula Desplats, Brian Spencer, Edward Rockenstein, Anthony Adame, Matthias Elstner, Christoph Laub, Sarina Mueller, Andrew O. Koob, Michael Mante, Emily Pham, Thomas Klopstock, and Eliezer Masliah (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62277. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062277, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062277
C. “Calcitriol Imparts Neuroprotection In Vitro to Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons by Upregulating GDNF Expression,” by Rowan P. Orme, Manminder S. Bhangal, and Rosemary A. Fricker (PLoS ONE 8(4): e62040. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062040, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062040
D. “Population-Based 5-Year Follow-Up Study in Taiwan of Dementia and Risk of Stroke,” by Mu-En Liu, Shih-Jen Tsai, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chun-Hung Hsu, Ti Lu, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Wen-Ta Chiu, and Wei-Pin Chang (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61771. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061771, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061771
Pension Trends has added two new chapters: Chapter 9: Pension scheme funding and investment and Chapter 10: Saving for retirement (2013 Edition, April 2013, .pdf and HTML format).
www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/release-information/publications/pension-trends/index.html
“Molecular Ageing of Alpha- and Beta-Synucleins: Protein Damage and Repair Mechanisms,” by Vasanthy Vigneswara, Simon Cass, Declan Wayne, Edward L. Bolt, David E. Ray, and Wayne G. Carter (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61442. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061442, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061442
“Prostate cancer-associated mutations in speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP) regulate steroid receptor coactivator 3 protein turnover,” by Chuandong Geng, Bin He, Limei Xu, Christopher E. Barbieri, Vijay Kumar Eedunuri, Sue Anne Chew, Martin Zimmermann, Richard Bond, John Shou, Chao Li, Mirjam Blattner, David M. Lonard, Francesca Demichelis, Cristian Coarfa, Mark A. Rubin, Pengbo Zhou, Bert W. O’Malley, and Nicholas Mitsiades (Vol. 110, No. 17, Apr. 23, 2013, p. 6997-7002).
“Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada,” by Martha Butler, Marlisa Tiedemann, Julia Nicol, and Dominique Valiquet (revised February 2013, .pdf format, 25p.).
www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2010-68-e.pdf
“The desire to age in place among older Australians volume 1 – reasons for staying or moving” (April 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).
“Medicare Part D Roulette: Potential Implications of Random Assignment and Plan Restrictions,” by Rajul A. Patel, Mark P. Walberg, Joseph A. Woelfel, Michelle M. Amaral, and Paresh Varu (Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013, .pdf format, 14p.).
“Review of the Irish Pension System,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 157p.).
www.oecd.org/els/public-pensions/OECD2013ReviewOfTheIrishPensionSystemPreliminaryVersion22April.pdf
“Neurodegenerative disease status and post-mortem pathology in idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: an observational cohort study,” by Dr. Alex Iranzo, Prof. Eduard Tolosa, Ellen Gelpi, Jose Luis Molinuevo, Francesc Valldeoriola, Monica Serradell, Raquel Sanchez-Valle, Isabel Vilaseca, Francisco Lomena, Dolores Vilas, Albert LLado, Carles Gaig, and Joan Santamaria (Vol. 12, No. 4, April 2013, p. 443-453).
www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(13)70056-5/abstract
Beyond the Numbers (Vol. 2, No. 10, April 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.). Note: The title of this issue is “Retirement and medical benefits: Who has both?” by Lindsay B. Kimbro and Michelle B. Mayfield.
www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/retirement-and-medical-benefits-who-has-both.htm
“Growth of Home Health Services and Disparities in California, 2001-2010,” by Vivian Y. Wu (April 2013, .pdf format, 6p.).
“A Profile of Older Americans: 2012,” (April 2013, .pdf and Excel format, 16p.).
“Australia’s Retirement System: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Reforms,” by Julie Agnew (IB 13-5, April 2013, .pdf format, 10p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/australia%e2%80%99s-retirement-system-strengths-weaknesses-and-reforms-2/
“Landscape of the PARKIN-dependent ubiquitylome in response to mitochondrial depolarization,” by Shireen A. Sarraf, Malavika Raman, Virginia Guarani-Pereira, Mathew E. Sowa, Edward L. Huttlin, Steven P. Gygi & J. Wade Harper (Vol. 496, No. 745, April 17, 2013, p. 372-376).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v496/n7445/abs/nature12043.html
A. “Trends in Population Blood Pressure and Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in a Rural Area of Northwest China from 1982 to 2010,” by Yaling Zhao, Hong Yan, Roger J. Marshall, Shaonong Dang, Ruihai Yang, Qiang Li, and Xueying Qin (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061779, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061779
B. “Development of the Japanese 15D Instrument of Health-Related Quality of Life: Verification of Reliability and Validity among Elderly People,” by Nozomi Okamoto, Akinori Hisashige, Yuu Tanaka, and Norio Kurumatani (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61721. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061721, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061721
C. “Prevalence of Alzheimer’s Pathologic Endophenotypes in Asymptomatic and Mildly Impaired First-Degree Relatives,” by Erika J. Lampert, Kingshuk Roy Choudhury, Christopher A. Hostage, Jeffrey R. Petrella, and P. Murali Doraiswamy, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60747. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060747, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060747
“Snapshot of Spending for Military Retirement Pay,” by Matt Schmit (April 2013).
“Impact on Medicare Program for Investment Income That Medicare Part D Plans Earned and Retained From Medicare Funds in 2009,” (A-07-11-05017, April 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).
A. “Preserving Medicare for Future Generations: Market-Based Approaches to Reform,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 5p.).
B. “The Role of Medicare Fee-for-Service in Inefficient Health Care Delivery,” by James C. Capretta (April 2013, .pdf format, 14p.).
C. “A Competitive Bidding Approach to Medicare Reform,” by Roger Feldman, Bryan Dowd, and Robert Coulam (April 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).
D. “Plan Competition and Consumer Choice in Medicare: The Case for Premium Support,” by Joseph Antos (April 2013, .pdf format, 22p.).
“Medicare Savings: 5 Steps to a Down Payment on Structural Reform,” by Robert E. Moffit and Rea S. Hederman, Jr. (Issue Brief No. 3908, April 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).
“Using the Revised Diagnostic Criteria for Frontotemporal Dementia in India: Evidence of an Advanced and Florid Disease,” by Amitabha Ghosh, Aparna Dutt, Madhura Ghosh, Pallavi Bhargava, and Sulakshana Rao (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60999. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060999, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 5p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060999
“Impact on Medicare Program for Investment Income That Medicare Part D Plans Earned and Retained From Medicare Funds in 2009″ (A-07-11-05017, April 2013, .pdf format, 19p.).
“The Aged Care Workforce, 2012,” (2013, .pdf format, 189p.).
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-nat-agedcare-workforce-census-survey
A. “Fingolimod Phosphate Attenuates Oligomeric Amyloid {beta}-Induced Neurotoxicity via Increased Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in Neurons,” by Yukiko Doi, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Hiroshi Horiuchi, Taketo Hanyu, Jun Kawanokuchi, Shijie Jin, Bijay Parajuli, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Tetsuya Mizuno, and Akio Suzumura (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61988. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061988, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061988
B. “Dietary Iron Concentration May Influence Aging Process by Altering Oxidative Stress in Tissues of Adult Rats,” by Lorena Fernandes Arruda, Sandra Fernandes Arruda, Natalia Aboudib Campos, Fernando Fortes de Valencia, and Egle Machado de Almeida Siqueira (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61058. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061058, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061058
C. “Amyloid-{beta} Peptide on Sialyl-Lewis{X}-Selectin-Mediated Membrane Tether Mechanics at the Cerebral Endothelial Cell Surface,” by Sholpan Askarova, Zhe Sun, Grace Y. Sun, Gerald A. Meininger, and James C-M. Lee (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60972. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060972, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060972
D. “Mitotic Spindle Defects and Chromosome Mis-Segregation Induced by LDL/Cholesterol-Implications for Niemann-Pick C1, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Atherosclerosis,” by Antoneta Granic and Huntington Potter (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60718. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060718, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060718
E. “Obesity and Risk of Hip Fracture in Adults: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies,” by Xianye Tang, Gang Liu, Jian Kang, Yang Hou, Fungui Jiang, Wen Yuan, and Jiangang Shi (PLoS ONE 8(4): e55077. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055077, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0055077
“The Employment Situation, March 2013,” by Sara E. Rix (April 2013, .pdf format, 7p.).
“Medicare and the Federal Budget: Comparison of Medicare Provisions in Recent Federal Debt and Deficit Reduction Proposals,” (April 2013, .pdf format, 15p.).
“Weaving It Together: A Tapestry of Transportation Funding for Older Adults,” by Jana Lynott, Wendy Fox-Grage, and Shannon Guzman (April 2013, .pdf format, 92p.).
“Implementing a Death with Dignity Program at a Comprehensive Cancer Center,” by Elizabeth Trice Loggers, Helene Starks, Moreen Shannon-Dudley, Anthony L. Back, Frederick R. Appelbaum, and F. Marc Stewar (Vol. 368, No. 15, April 11, 2013, p. 1417-1424).
A. “Qualitative Evaluation of Advanced Care Planning in Early Dementia (ACP-ED),” by Michaela Poppe, Sarah Burleigh, and Sube Banerjee (PLoS ONE 8(4): e60412. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060412, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 5p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0060412
B. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Multicomponent Exercise in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment,” by Takao Suzuki, Hiroyuki Shimada, Hyuma Makizako, Takehiko Doi, Daisuke Yoshida, Kengo Ito, Hiroshi Shimokata, Yukihiko Washimi, Hidetoshi Endo, and Takashi Kato ( PLoS ONE 8(4): e61483. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061483, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061483
C. “Generation of Amyloid-{beta} Is Reduced by the Interaction of Calreticulin with Amyloid Precursor Protein, Presenilin and Nicastrin,” by Nina Stemmer, Elena Strekalova, Nevena Djogo, Frank Ploger, Gabriele Loers, David Lutz, Friedrich Buck, Marek Michalak, Melitta Schachner, and Ralf Kleene (PLoS ONE 8(4): e61299. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061299, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0061299
“On the Critical List? A MetLife Report on the Health Status of the 40+ Population,” by Lawrence J. Weiss, Ph.D. and Marta Malone (April 2013, .pdf format, 17p.).
A. “Does Access to Health Insurance Influence Work Effort Among Disability Cash Benefit Recipients?” by Norma B. Coe and Kalman Rupp (WP No. 2013-10, April 2013, .pdf format, 53p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
B. “How Will Older Workers Who Lose Their Jobs During the Great Recession Fare in the Long-Run?” by Matthew S. Rutledge, Natalia Orlova, and Anthony Webb (WP No. 2013-09, April 2013, .pdf format, 32p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
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