Long-term care

Medical Spending Risk among Retired Households by Race

• January 9, 2024
• Susan Barnes
• Disparities, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

Medical Spending Risk among Retired Households by Race

• January 4, 2024
• Susan Barnes
• Disparities, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records, along with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we examine how total and out-of-pocket medical expenditures by retired households vary across race, both annually and over…

On the Distribution and Dynamics of Medical Expenditure Among the Elderly

• June 3, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

The Lifetime Risk of Spousal Nursing Home Use and its Economic Impact on the Community-dwelling Spouse

• June 3, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

On the Distribution and Dynamics of Medical Expenditure Among the Elderly

• February 14, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Health and Retirement Study, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to administrative Medicare and Medicaid records along with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we estimate the stochastic process for total and out-of-pocket medical spending. By focusing on dynamics, we consider not…

The Lifetime Risk of Spousal Nursing Home Use and its Economic Impact on the Community-dwelling Spouse

• February 3, 2022
• Susan Barnes
• Financial well-being, Long-term care, Medicaid

A single person in a nursing home is relatively well-protected financially from nursing home expenses because Medicaid covers these once assets are depleted. Couples, however, are less well protected, because the high cost of nursing homes rapidly depletes household assets,…

Nursing Homes in Equilibrium: Implications for Long-term Care Policies

• June 16, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare

2020 Key Findings

• May 26, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Cognition, Demographic trends, Disability, Disparities, Financial well-being, International, Labor force participation, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Mortality trends, Totalization

2019 Key Findings

• May 26, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Administrative data link, Disparities, Financial well-being, Interest Rates, International, Labor Supply, Long-term care, Medicaid, Medicare, Mortality trends, OASDI trust funds, Occupational Requirements Survey, pensions, Totalization

Nursing Homes in Equilibrium: Implications for Long-term Care Policies

• January 11, 2021
• Susan Barnes
• Long-term care, Medicaid

We build an equilibrium model of the market for nursing home care with decision-makers on both sides of the market. The nursing home demand arises as a result of stochastic dynamic optimizations by households heterogeneous in age, health, wealth; and…