“Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2011,” (February 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 195p.).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/americas/index.html
February 27, 2012
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – February 27, 2012
“Effects of Medicare Payment Reform: Evidence from the Home Health Interim and Prospective Payment Systems,” by Peter J. Huckfeldt, Neeraj Sood, Jose J Escarce, David C. Grabowski, and Joseph P. Newhouse (w17870, February 2012, .pdf format, 50p.).
Abstract:
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service towards episode-based payment, affecting average and marginal reimbursement. We contrast the effects of two reforms for home health agencies. The Home Health Interim Payment System in 1997 lowered both types of reimbursement; our conceptual model predicts a decline in the likelihood of use and costs, both of which we find. The Home Health Prospective Payment System in 2000 raised average but lowered marginal reimbursement with theoretically ambiguous effects; we find a modest increase in use and costs. We find little substantive effect of either policy on readmissions or mortality.
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – February 27, 2012
“ICPSR’s National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging announced the release of the following new datasets that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Feb. 26, 2012. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (HEPESE) Wave 6, 2006-2007 [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas] (study no. 29654).
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CAAR – Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Data Table – February 27, 2012
“PBGC 2010 Pension Data at a Glance,” (February 2012, .pdf format, 73p.).
www.pbgc.gov/documents/pension-insurance-data-tables-2010.pdf
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CAAR – European Commission Report – February 27, 2012
“An Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions,” (February 2012, .pdf format, 40p.).
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – February 27, 2012
Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (HEPESE) Wave 6, 2006-2007 [Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas] (29654).
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CAAR – Urban Institute Report – February 27, 2012
“Do Financial Planners Advise Us to Save Too Much for Retirement?” by Austin Nichols (February 2012, .pdf format, 6p.).
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CAAR – Table of Contents – February 27, 2012
Ageing International (Vol. 37, No. 1, March 2012).
www.springerlink.com/content/0163-5158/37/1/
International Psychogeriatrics (Vol. 24, No. 4, April 2012).
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=2010&jid=IPG&volumeId=24&issueId=04&iid=8499489
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2012).
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=2010&jid=PEF&volumeId=11&issueId=02&iid=8499796
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CAAR – British Medical Journal Article Abstracts – Feb. 27, 2012
A. “Use of proton pump inhibitors and risk of hip fracture in relation to dietary and lifestyle factors: a prospective cohort study,” by Hamed Khalili, Edward S. Huang, Brian C. Jacobson, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Diane Feskanich, and Andrew T. Chan (BMJ 2012;344:e372, Vol. 344, No. 7845, Feb. 25, 2012).
www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e372
B. “Understanding recent trends in incidence of invasive breast cancer in Norway: age-period-cohort analysis based on registry data on mammography screening and hormone treatment use,” by Harald Weedon-Fekjær, Kjersti Bakken, Lars J. Vatten, and Steinar Tretli (BMJ 2012;344:e299, Vol. 344, No. 7845, Feb. 25, 2012).
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