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Health Care

Home health care: Research behind the high-demand, low-pay occupation

Chloe Reichel | August 19, 2019
As baby boomers age, demand for home health care increases. Studies identify trends in availability and reasons for the industry's rapid churn.
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Health Care

In end-of-life care for people with dementia, men and women are treated differently

Chloe Reichel | August 16, 2019
Many people with advanced dementia -- and men in particular -- often receive interventions that researchers deem burdensome, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.
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Environment

Wildfire smoke: Some elderly more vulnerable

Chloe Reichel | October 18, 2017
Among the elderly, women and black people are more likely to be admitted to the hospital from exposure to wildfire smoke than men and people of other races.
Budget

The cost of growing older: Aging and developed countries’ budgets

David Trilling | October 4, 2016
2016 paper in Population Studies measures how many more workers it would take to meet the financial needs of aging populations in developed countries.
Immigration

Migration, immigration and demographic science: Longer-term perspectives

John Wihbey | June 9, 2016
2016 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the many fluid dimensions of population movement across societies.
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Health Care

Racial bias in pain assessment, treatment of black and white patients

Denise-Marie Ordway | April 15, 2016
2016 study published in PNAS that examines how false beliefs about the biological differences between black and white people might influence pain assessment and treatment of black patients.
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Public Health

Cold weather problems and risks: Research roundup

Margaret Weigel | November 10, 2015
2013 review of scholarly literature and government reports on winter weather and human activities, including on how to prevent or manage some of the season’s worst threats.
Public Health

Cigarette taxes and older adult smoking

Chaz Kelsh | October 31, 2015
2015 study in Health Economics that investigates the potential impact that raising cigarette taxes might have on tobacco use among older adults.
Criminal Justice

Rates of fraud, identity theft and scams across the 50 states: FTC data

John Wihbey | March 4, 2015
2015 report from the Federal Trade Commission detailing fraud and abuse complaints across the United States, with state- and metro-area level rates of consumer reporting.
Poverty in the United States, 2014: Key charts from the U.S. Census Bureau
Inequality

Poverty in the United States, 2014: Key charts from the U.S. Census Bureau

John Wihbey | September 17, 2014
2014 from the Census Bureau showing that the poverty rate in the United States has declined slightly, but that aggregate figures remain high.

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