Impact of Prescription Copayments on Antidepressant Use and Adherence in Dual Eligibles: Implications for Medicare Part D
Principal Investigator: Doshi, Jalpa
Aims:
To determine whether dual eligibles in states with higher copayments will have lower antidepressant use and adherence than those in states with lower or no copayments.
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The Efficiency and Characteristics of Investment Choices Offered by 401(k) Pension Plans
Principal Investigator: Mitchell, Olivia
Aims:
To measure the efficiency shortfall patterns in pension plan menu
offerings and to characterize these patterns according to employee and plan characteristics.
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The Literacy Gap between Those with High Levels and Low Levels of Educational Attainment among Older Adults: A Comparative Study of 20 Countries
Principal Investigator: Park, Hyunjoon
Aims:
To assess the variation in literacy skills among
older adults, particular the literacy gap between those with high levels of formal
educational attainment and those with low levels of educational attainment.
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Understanding Barriers to Hypertension Control in the Elderly
Principal Investigator: Turner, Barbara
Aims:
To evaluate the effect of attitudinal, subjective norms,
and perceived behavioral control/structural factors on achieving sustained blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive elderly patients aged >70 and to examine the impact of functional status/comorbidities as
barriers to control.
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Financial Incentives for Weight Loss
Principal Investigator: Volpp, Kevin
Aims:
To evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives in promoting weight loss among obese individuals and to use the difference in weight loss measured at 16 weeks to project the long-term cost-effectiveness if weight loss is sustained.
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Building and Maintaining Bibliographic Database for AIDS Research in Malawi
Principal Investigator: Watkins, Susan
Aims:
To create the Malawi AIDS Research Database (MARD) to be housed at the College of Medicine (COM) at the University of Malawi, which will include (1) unpublished articles and reports that constitute the bulk of research on AIDS in Malawi; (2) links to published articles that are available without subscription on the Web; and (3) published articles accessible through the PSC Demography library.
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Does Poor Health Induce Myopia? An Investigation of Mortality, Morbidity, Aging, and Time Preference
Principal Investigator(s): Chao, Li-wei
Aims:
To collect measures of health and time preference among a new sample of adults and elderly in peri-urban Durban, South Africa, with each age-stratum further divided into those who are healthy versus those who are not; to collect longitudinal measures of health and time preference among micro- and small-enterprise owners around Durban (also previously collected 2004); and to analyze relationships between health and the ‘individual discount rate’ and between changes in health and changes in the ‘individual discount rate.’
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What Can We Learn from the 2000 Census of Population?
Principal Investigator(s): Elo, Irma
Aims:
To advance our understanding of variations in health status among native-born and foreign-born Hispanics, NH-Whites, African-origin populations, and Asian Americans, including sub-populations within these broad race/ethnic groups.
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The Muslim Mortality Puzzle in Bulgaria
Principal Investigator(s): Kohler, Iliana and Preston, Samuel
Aims:
To document mortality patterns in Bulgaria during 1992-98, providing the first reliable life tables and other mortality measures according to religion and ethnic group; and to analyze mortality differentials between Muslims and non-Muslims, focusing on the principal factors expected to account for lower Muslim mortality.
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Contribution Patterns under the Chilean Retirement Survey
Principal Investigator: Mitchell, Olivia
Aims:
To evaluate the effect of Chile’s pension system
rules and regulations on individuals’ contribution patterns.
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