Lifespan Health and Aging
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Older Adults Living Alone Report Higher Rates of Anxiety and Depression
One-quarter of older adults live alone – more than in any other country. Social and physical restrictions may pose particular challenges for these individuals.
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American Capitalism Is Failing Trump’s Base as White Working-Class ‘Deaths of Despair’ Rise
The astronomical costs of health care are draining jobs, hope and opportunity from working-class Americans.
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America Can Afford a World-Class Health System. Why Don’t We Have One?
“Our system takes from the poor and working class to generate wealth for the already wealthy,” Deaton and Case write in The New York Times.
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Association of Combination Statin and Antihypertensive Therapy With Reduced Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Risk
Drugs already being used to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a new Schaeffer Center study of nearly 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
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People are living longer, which brings obvious benefits as well as considerable challenges — from Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases to increased injuries, disabilities and poverty risks. Policymakers around the world rely on Schaeffer Center research and modeling tools for finding ways to help keep people as healthy as possible throughout their lives.
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Conflicts of Interest in Dialysis: A Barrier to Policy Reforms
What are the possible benefits and risks of nephrologist’s financial participation in dialysis facility joint venture (JV) arrangements and financial participation in End‐stage Kidney Disease Seamless Care Organizations (ESCOs)? Eugene Lin and co-authors examine possible mechanisms for disclosure and reporting of such arrangements as well as risk mitigation.
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Four Years Into MACRA: What Has Changed?
Changes to nephrology reimbursement present a unique opportunity to improve patient outcomes in a cost‐effective way. A multidisciplinary effort among policy makers, nephrology providers, and patient advocacy groups is critical to ensure these changes in care delivery safeguard and improve patient health.
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Policy Issues in Dialysis Care
The challenges that policymakers face when trying to encourage the delivery of high quality, cost‐efficient dialysis care to all patients who require dialysis are evident in the state of dialysis care today.
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The Potential Emergence of Disease-Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer Disease: The Role of Primary Care in Managing the Patient Journey
Research by Jakub Hlavka and colleagues suggests a combination of brief cognitive tests and blood-based biomarker tests will allow primary care physicians to identify patients with potential early stage Alzheimer’s disease efficiently and triage them for further evaluation.
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Future Health Dividends for California: Valuing Medical Innovations
Reducing the incidence of four common cancers (breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancer), diabetes and stroke by 50 percent would generate nearly $900 billion in social value for California between 2018 and 2040. Just a 10 percent decline generates $175 billion over the same period.
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Does Medicare Coverage Improve Cancer Detection and Mortality Outcomes?
This study provides the first evidence to our knowledge that near-universal access to Medicare at age 65 is associated with improvements in population-level cancer mortality, and provides new evidence on the differences in the impact of health insurance by gender.