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August 30, 2012

CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – August 30, 2012

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The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (August 2012, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).

- MEPS HC-135A: 2010 Prescribed Medicines File

meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135A

- MEPS HC-135D: 2010 Hospital Inpatient Stays File

meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135D

CAAR – AARP Report – August 30, 2012

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“Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” by Joan C. Williams, Robin Devaux, Patricia Petrac, and Lynn Feinberg (August 2012, .pdf format, 26p.).

www.aarp.org/home-family/caregiving/info-08-2012/insight-protecting-family-caregivers-from-employment-discrimination-AARP-ppi-health.html

CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical – August 30, 2012

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EBRI Notes (Vol. 33, No. 8, August 2012, .pdf format, 10p.). Note: The articles in this issue are “Satisfaction With Health Coverage and Care: Findings from the 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey,” by Paul Fronstin; and, “Is Working to Age 70 Really the Answer for Retirement Income Adequacy?” by Jack VanDerhei.

www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5102

CAAR – New England Journal of Medicine Article Abstract – August 30, 2012

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“Clinical and Biomarker Changes in Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Randall J. Bateman, Chengjie Xiong, Tammie L.S. Benzinger, Anne M. Fagan, Alison Goate, Nick C. Fox, Daniel S. Marcus, Nigel J. Cairns, Xianyun Xie, Tyler M. Blazey, David M. Holtzman, Anna Santacruz, Virginia Buckles, Angela Oliver, Krista Moulder, Paul S. Aisen, Bernardino Ghetti, William E. Klunk, Eric McDade, Ralph N. Martins, Colin L. Masters, Richard Mayeux, John M. Ringman, Martin N. Rossor, Peter R. Schofield, Reisa A. Sperling, Stephen Salloway, and John C. Morris, for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (Vol. 367, No. 9, August 30, 2012, p. 795-804).

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1202753#t=abstract

CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletin – August 30, 2012

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“Health Expectancies at birth and at age 65 in the United Kingdom, 2008-2010,” (August 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 22p.).

www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/disability-and-health-measurement/health-expectancies-at-birth-and-age-65-in-the-united-kingdom/2008-10/stb-he-2008-2010.html

CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – August 30, 2012

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International Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 41, No. 4, August 2012).

ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/4.toc

Journal of Aging Studies (Vol. 26, No. 4, December 2012).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08904065

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