To estimate the impact of Medicare Part D on prescription drug coverage among elderly Medicare beneficiaries and to analyze the predictors of program enrollment (“take-up”) among those with no prior drug coverage.Multivariate analyses of data from the 2002, 2004, and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study.Take-up of Part D among those without drug… Continue reading Take-up of Medicare Part D: results from the Health and Retirement Study
Keyword: Poverty/statistics & Numerical Data
A novel look at racial health disparities: the interaction between social disadvantage and environmental health
OBJECTIVES: We explored the notion that social disadvantage increases vulnerability to the health effects of environmental hazards. Specifically, we examined (1) whether race modifies the association between blood lead and blood pressure and (2) whether socioeconomic status (SES) plays a role in this modifying effect. METHODS: Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2008)… Continue reading A novel look at racial health disparities: the interaction between social disadvantage and environmental health
Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002
OBJECTIVES: To describe age patterns of hypertension prevalence in young through middle-aged adults and to test the hypothesis that hypertension prevalence rises more rapidly with age among Blacks than Whites in the United States. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Using multiple logistics regression, we predicted probability of being hypertensive for participants ages 15-65 years in the… Continue reading Black-white differences in age trajectories of hypertension prevalence among adult women and men, 1999-2002