2010 and 2011 - Census Bureau
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HoMe HeAltH cAre For persons witH cognitive iMpAirMent: tHe inFluence<br />
oF HoMe HeAltH cAre Agency cHArActeristics on tHe relAtionsHip<br />
between consuMer cognitive stAtus And service voluMe And cost (ncHs)<br />
Daniel Kaplan—Columbia University<br />
The elderly population is growing<br />
rapidly in all nations. With<br />
advanced age comes the risk for<br />
age-associated illnesses, such as<br />
disorders of dementia.<br />
People with dementia require<br />
increasing support <strong>and</strong> care,<br />
<strong>and</strong> experience numerous<br />
complex behavioral <strong>and</strong> psychiatric<br />
syndromes as the disorder<br />
progresses. Their care is very<br />
difficult to provide, causing high<br />
rates of burnout among informal<br />
<strong>and</strong> formal caregivers <strong>and</strong><br />
premature institutionalization of<br />
patients. Yet nearly all research<br />
aiming to discover ways to delay<br />
costly institutionalization of<br />
dementia patients has focused<br />
only on bolstering family caregiver<br />
capacities. The knowledge<br />
gaps pertaining to home care<br />
tHe eFFects oF college educAtion on HeAltH (ncHs)<br />
Ning Jia—University of Notre Dame<br />
Melinda Morrill—North Carolina State University<br />
Abigail Wozniak—University of Notre Dame<br />
This research examines the<br />
causal impact of education on<br />
health outcomes using variation<br />
in college attainment induced<br />
by draft-avoidance behavior<br />
during the Vietnam War. The<br />
service use raise serious<br />
concerns.<br />
The capacity of the home health<br />
care service industry to meet<br />
adequately the needs of people<br />
living with cognitive impairment<br />
is highly questionable.<br />
This study offers a number of<br />
important innovations. Newly<br />
available health services survey<br />
data will be used. The aims of<br />
the study employ a framework<br />
that requires an adaptation of<br />
a widely used model of health<br />
services utilization. The study<br />
offers comparisons of service<br />
use <strong>and</strong> cost for consumers with<br />
dementia to those without, <strong>and</strong><br />
previously unstudied agency<br />
characteristics are examined in<br />
relation to utilization.<br />
project exploits both national<br />
<strong>and</strong> state-level induction risk<br />
to identify the effect of educational<br />
attainment on various<br />
health outcomes. It considers<br />
health outcomes associated with<br />
Most importantly, multilevel<br />
analyses will examine how<br />
agency characteristics are<br />
associated with the relationship<br />
between cognitive impairment<br />
<strong>and</strong> service use for consumers<br />
nested within each agency. This<br />
study will identify profiles of<br />
home care service use for people<br />
with cognitive impairment while<br />
accounting for <strong>and</strong> examining<br />
the impact of the variability<br />
among provider agencies.<br />
Findings from this study will<br />
inform policymakers <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
stakeholders about how to<br />
design programs to best serve<br />
those with cognitive impairment,<br />
<strong>and</strong> consumers will have<br />
information to make decisions<br />
about selecting providers.<br />
mortality for this age group,<br />
including hypertension,<br />
obesity, <strong>and</strong> diabetes. It also<br />
considers health behaviors, such<br />
as smoking, drinking, exercise,<br />
<strong>and</strong> mental health outcomes.<br />
64 Research at the Center for Economic Studies <strong>and</strong> the Research Data Centers: <strong>2010</strong>–<strong>2011</strong> U.S. <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong>