Incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with occupation, industry, and workplace exposures in the Health and Retirement Study.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23196
Abstract: BACKGROUND Chronic health effects from accumulated occupational exposures manifest as the workforce ages. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a panel survey of U.S. adults nearing/in retirement, allows assessment of associations among industry and occupation… read more here.
Keywords: retirement; health retirement; retirement study; workplace exposures ... See more keywords
Cross-national health comparisons using the Rasch model: findings from the 2012 US Health and Retirement Study and the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study
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DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-1878-4
Abstract: PurposeCross-national comparisons of patterns of population aging have emerged as comparable national micro-data have become available. This study creates a metric using Rasch analysis and determines the health of American and Mexican older adult populations.MethodsSecondary… read more here.
Keywords: using rasch; health retirement; 2012 health; study ... See more keywords
The Association Between Cytomegalovirus and Disability by Race/Ethnicity and Gender: Results from the Health and Retirement Study.
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab152
Abstract: Recent studies have documented a decline in the overall prevalence of disability in the United States, however racial/ethnic and gender disparities continue to persist. Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a socially patterned exposure, may be a key mechanism… read more here.
Keywords: race ethnicity; health retirement; disability; retirement study ... See more keywords
Discrimination, Mediating Psychosocial or Economic Factors, and Antihypertensive Treatment: A 4-Way Decomposition Analysis in the Health and Retirement Study.
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac102
Abstract: Untested psychosocial or economic factors mediate associations between perceived discrimination and suboptimal antihypertensive therapy. This study included two waves of data from the Health and Retirement Study participants with self-reported hypertension (N=8557, 73% Non-Hispanic White,… read more here.
Keywords: retirement study; discrimination; health retirement; psychosocial economic ... See more keywords
Out-of-pocket health expenditures and healthcare services use among older Americans with cognitive impairment: Results from the 2008-2016 Health and Retirement Study.
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DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnab160
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The evidence base on health services use and cost burdens associated with transition to severe cognitive impairment (SCI) and dementia is underdeveloped. We examine how change in cognitive impairment status influences nursing-home… read more here.
Keywords: health retirement; retirement study; cognitive impairment; services use ... See more keywords
Racial disparities in financial outcome among older adults with cancer: Analysis of the Health and Retirement Study.
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.5_suppl.3
Abstract: 3Background: Financial hardship from cancer is often attributed to high costs of care, but the relationship of out-of-pocket (OOP) medical burden to racial disparities seen in financially distressed cancer patients is underexplored. Using the Health… read more here.
Keywords: racial disparities; health retirement; oop medical; retirement study ... See more keywords