Monday, September 11, 2023 | The Latest Research, Commentary, And News From Health Affairs
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ICYMI: Rebecca Gourevitch from the University of Maryland joined A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper examining the impact of nurse home visits on prenatal care.
Using a dynamic microsimulation, Chapel and coauthors explore factors like
mortality, health expenditures, and quality-life adjusted years of five cohorts of near-retiree Americans between 1994 and 2018.
They conclude that while annual resources increased for the upper-middle economic status group between 1994 and 2018, annual resources decreased for the lower-middle group.
They also find that quality-adjusted life expectancy increased for the upper-middle economic status group, but remained stagnant for the lower-middle group. These findings, among others, suggest that seniors in the middle economic status group will need additional resources and support.
For more on this paper’s findings, check out A Health Podyssey tomorrow for a new episode featuring Jack Chapel and Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.
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