“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: State & Local Government–2012 Second Quarter” (Microsoft Excel format).
September 27, 2012
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – September 27, 2012
“Inappropriate Medicare Part D Payments for Schedule II Drugs Billed as Refills,” (OEI-02-09-00605, September 2012, .pdf format, 21p.).
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CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 27, 2012
“Comparability Between the Rates for All-listed Inpatient Procedures Using National Hospital Discharge Survey and Medicare Claims, 1999 and 2007,” by Yelena Gorina, Maria Owings, Nazik Elgaddal, and Julie Weeks (National Health Statistics Report No. 57, September 2012, .pdf format, 16p.).
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CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll – September 27, 2012
Key findings from the September 2012 Poll (.pdf format, findings, 12p., chartpack, 18p., toplines, 22p.): “The September poll finds with the November election fast-approaching, Medicare trails only the economy and the federal budget deficit as key priorities for voters, and interest in the federal health program is even higher among seniors.
More than a third (36%) of Americans say Medicare is ‘extremely’ important to their vote in the election, compared to 49 percent who describe the economy in such terms and 41 percent who say so about the federal budget deficit. For seniors, Medicare pulls nearly even with the economy as an issue, with 46 percent branding Medicare extremely important to their vote and 51 percent saying the economy is extremely important. Democrats are much more likely to say Medicare is an extremely important factor in their presidential pick, while for Republicans the federal budget deficit is about equal to the economy as their top concern.”
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CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Release – September 27, 2012
“Quarterly Survey of Public Pensions: 2nd Quarter 2012,” (September 2012, Excel and .pdf format, 3p.).
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CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – September 27, 2012
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (September 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-138: 2010 Full Year Consolidated Data File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-138
- MEPS HC-137: 2010 Medical Conditions File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-137
- MEPS HC-136: 2010 Person Round Plan Public Use File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-136
- MEPS HC-135I: Appendix to MEPS 2010 Event Files
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135I
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CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – September 27, 2012
“Dementia in Australia,” (September 2012, .pdf format, 250p.).
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CAAR – Urban Institute Brief – September 27, 2012
“Why Premium Support? Restructure Medicare Advantage, Not Medicare,” by Judy Feder, Stephen Zuckerman, Nicole Cafarella Lallemand, and Brian Biles (September 2012, .pdf format, p.).
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CAAR – University of Michigan Retirement Research Center Working Paper – September 27, 2012
“Communication with Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Psychiatric Disabilities: A Summary of the Literature,” by Walton O. Schalick, III (WP 2012-064, July 2012, .pdf format, 43p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/index_abstract.cfm?ptid=1&pid=837
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CAAR – Nature Neuroscience Article Abstracts – September 27, 2012
A. “Calcium entry induces mitochondrial oxidant stress in vagal neurons at risk in Parkinson’s disease,” by Joshua A. Goldberg, Jaime N. Guzman, Chad M. Estep, Ema Ilijic, Jyothisri Kondapalli, Javier Sanchez-Padilla and D. James Surmeier (Vol. 15, No. 10, October 2012, p. 1414-1421).
www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v15/n10/abs/nn.3209.html
B. “Orchestrated experience-driven Arc responses are disrupted in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease,” by Nikita Rudinskiy, Jonathan M. Hawkes, Rebecca A. Betensky, Megumi Eguchi, Shun Yamaguchi, Tara L Spires-Jones and Bradley T. Hyman (Vol. 15, No. 10, October 2012, p. 1422-1429).
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – September 27, 2012
“Progressive dopaminergic cell loss with unilateral-to-bilateral progression in a genetic model of Parkinson disease ,” by Maxime W. C. Rousseaux, Paul C. Marcogliese, Dianbo Qu, Sarah J. Hewitt, Sarah Seang, Raymond H. Kim, Ruth S. Slack, Michael G. Schlossmacher, Diane C. Lagace, Tak W. Mak, and David S. Park (Vol. 109, No. 39, September 25, 2012, .pdf and HTML format, p. 15918-15923). Note: PNAS is providing open access to the full-text of this article.
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 27, 2012
A. “The Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of Intravenous Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease Mice,” by Saeromi Kim, Keun-A Chang, Jeong A. Kim, Jeong Chan Ra, Hye-Sun Kim, and Yoo-Hun Suh (PLoS ONE 7(9): e45757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045757, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0045757
B. “Male Microchimerism in the Human Female Brain,” by William F. N. Chan, Cecile Gurnot, Thomas J. Montine, Joshua A. Sonnen, Katherine A. Guthrie, and J. Lee Nelson (PLoS ONE 7(9): e45592. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045592, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0045592
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CAAR – US Congressional Joint Economic Committee (Republican Site) Commentary – September 27, 2012
“The Pending State Pensions Crisis,” (September 2012, .pdf format, 11p.).
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CAAR – Health and Retirement Study Bibliography Update – September 27, 2012
HRS has recently added the following items to its bibliography. The full bibliography is available at:
hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/index.php?p=bibstat
Articles:
Amy S. Kelley; Kathleen McGarry; Sean Fahle; Samuel M. Marshall; Qingling Du; Jonathan S. Skinner, “Out-of-Pocket Spending in the Last Five Years of Life,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, : [2012]
Bender, Keith A., “An analysis of well-being in retirement: The role of pensions, health, and ‘voluntariness’ of retirement,” The Journal of Socio-Economics, 41:4 [2012]
Bowen, Mary Elizabeth, “The Relationship Between Body Weight, Frailty, and the Disablement Process,” The Journals of Gerontology, 67:5 [2012]
Bradley, C. J.; Neumark, D.; Motika, M., “The effects of health shocks on employment and health insurance: the role of employer-provided health insurance,” Int J Health Care Finance EconInternational Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, : [2012]
Brown, Tyson; O`Rand, Angela M.; Adkins, Daniel, “Race-Ethnicity and Health Trajectories: Tests of Three Hypotheses across Multiple Groups and Health Outcomes,” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53:3 [2012]
Carr, D. C.; Kail, B. L., “The Influence of Unpaid Work on the Transition Out of Full-Time Paid Work,” GerontologistThe Gerontologist, : [2012]
Decker, S. L.; Doshi, J. A.; Knaup, A. E.; Polsky, D., “Health service use among the previously uninsured: is subsidized health insurance enough?,” Health EconHealth Economics, 21:10 [2012]
Gure, T. R.; Blaum, C. S.; Giordani, B.; Koelling, T. M.; Galecki, A.; Pressler, S. J.; Hummel, S. L.; Langa, K. M., “Prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure,” J Am Geriatr SocJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 60:9 [2012]
Infurna, F. J.; Gerstorf, D.; Ram, N., “The Nature and Correlates of Change in Depressive Symptoms With Cancer Diagnosis: Reaction and Adaptation,” Psychol AgingPsychology and Aging, : [2012]
Latham, K., “Progressive and Accelerated Disability Onset by Race/Ethnicity and Education among Late Midlife and Older Adults,” J Aging HealthJournal of Aging and Health, : [2012]
Liu, S. Y.; Chavan, N. R.; Glymour, M. M., “Type of High-School Credentials and Older Age ADL and IADL Limitations: Is the GED Credential Equivalent to a Diploma?,” GerontologistThe Gerontologist, : [2012]
Luo, Ye; LaPierre, Tracey A.; Hughes, Mary Elizabeth; Waite, Linda J., “Grandparents Providing Care to Grandchildren: A Population-Based Study of Continuity and Change,” Journal of Family Issues, 33:9 [2012]
Lyu, J.; Lee, S. H., “Gender Differences in the Link Between Excessive Drinking and Domain-Specific Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults,” J Aging HealthJournal of Aging and Health, : [2012]
Manski, R. J.; Moeller, J. F.; Chen, H.; Schimmel, J.; St Clair, P. A.; Pepper, J. V., “Dental usage under changing economic conditions,” JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY, : [2012]
Patrick, J. Purcell, “Income Replacement Ratios in the Health and Retirement Study,” Social Security Bulletin, 72:3 [2012]
Perissinotto, C. M.; Stijacic Cenzer, I.; Covinsky, K. E., “Loneliness in older persons: a predictor of functional decline and death,” Arch Intern MedArchives of Internal Medicine, 172:14 [2012]
Rogers, M. A.; Greene, M. T.; Saint, S.; Chenoweth, C. E.; Malani, P. N.; Trivedi, I.; Aronoff, D. M., “Higher Rates of Clostridium difficile Infection among Smokers,” PLoS OnePLoS One, 7:7 [2012]
Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon; Ayalon, Liat, “Use of Direct Versus Indirect Approaches to Measure Loneliness in Later Life,” Research on Aging, 34:5 [2012]
Stefanie Behncke, “Does retirement trigger ill health?,” Health Economics, 21:3 [2012]
Wang, Q.; Capistrant, B. D.; Ehntholt, A.; Glymour, M. M., “Long-Term Rate of Change in Memory Functioning Before and After Stroke Onset,” Stroke, : [2012]
Wight, R. G.; Aneshensel, C. S.; Barrett, C.; Ko, M.; Chodosh, J.; Karlamangla, A. S., “Urban neighbourhood unemployment history and depressive symptoms over time among late middle age and older adults,” J Epidemiol Community Health, : [2012]
Wu, Q.; Tchetgen Tchetgen, E. J.; Osypuk, T. L.; White, K.; Mujahid, M.; Maria Glymour, M., “Combining Direct and Proxy Assessments to Reduce Attrition Bias in a Longitudinal Study,” Alzheimer Dis Assoc DisordAlzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, : [2012]
Zhang, Zhenmei; Hayward, Mark D.; Lu, Chuntian, “Is There a Hispanic Epidemiologic Paradox in Later Life? A Closer Look at Chronic Morbidity,” Research on Aging, 34:5 [2012]
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – September 27, 2012
American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 176, No. 7, Oct. 1, 2012).
aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/176/7.toc
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (Vol. 9, No. 2, October 2012).
www.springerlink.com/content/1813-7253/9/2/
Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 24, No. 4, September 2012).
www.tandfonline.com/toc/wean20/24/4
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CAAR – Missouri State Data Center Update – September 27, 2012
SDC has updated its state level American Community Survey Reports with 2011 data (.pdf and Microsoft Excel format). Links to direct data extraction via SDC Dexter extraction are available at the bottom of any retrieval page.
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CAAR – Asian Development Bank Monograph – September 27, 2012
Asian Development Bank Monograph: Social Protection for Older Persons: Social Pensions in Asia, edited by Sri Wening Handayani and Babken Babajanian (2012, .pdf format, 297p.).
www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2012/social-protection-older-persons.pdf
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