Rachel Floersheim Boaz
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5543218 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rachel Floersheim Boaz |
| NOMBRES | Rachel Floersheim |
| APELLIDO | Boaz |
| FIRMA | BOAZ R F |
| AFILIACIONES | The Graduate Center, CUNY |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1978 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Determining the Amount of Help Used by Disabled Elderly Persons at Home
The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of coping resources on the amount (hours) of help used by disabled elderly persons in their home. The findings are based on the 1989 National Long-Term Care Survey. The distribution of help-hours is very skewed, mirroring the skewness of limitations in physical and cognitive functioning. Controlling for these limitations, the most important coping resources are the combinations of helpers who j…
Full-Time Employment and Informal Caregiving in the 1980s
The study examines the extent to which the effect of full-time employment on informal caregiving has changed over time. Such a change could be expected because women, who constitute the majority of unpaid caregivers, have been increasing their commitment to career employment. Full-time market work by an increasing proportion of successive cohorts of women means that proportionally fewer will be available to provide the amount of assistance needed…
Improved Versus Deteriorated Physical Functioning Among Long-Term Disabled Elderly
The usual prognosis for long-term disabled elderly is that they are not likely to improve or regain independent functioning. But computed transition probabilities reveal a significant proportion of improvement. Based on the National Long-Term Care Surveys of 1982 and 1984, this study identifies the personal characteristics that are associated with changed functional status between these 2 years and estimates how much each characteristic contribut…
Paid Work and Unpaid Help by Caregivers of the Disabled and Frail Elders
Informal caregiving by women, and to a lesser extent by men, is a major source of assistance for the chronically disabled and most dependent older persons living in the community. However, because women's commitment to career employment may diminish, this source of help at the time when (according to demographic trends) the number of very old Americans will increase, the effect of employment on the time they devote to informal caregiving is an im…
Does Having More Time After Retirement Change the Demand for Physician Services
Various aspects of the demand for ambulatory services of physicians have been studied by researchers, but so far the effect of increased availability of nonwork time due to retirement on demand has not been examined. This study investigated whether discouraging early retirement (which was the intent of the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act) will reduce the use of medical services because persons who continue to work have less time than r…
Utilization Review and Containment of Hospital Utilization
The study examines the potential for savings in the use of hospital resources if utilization review policies succeed in curtailing excessive use of hospital facilities. Excessive use is defined as the utilization of hospital care when ambulatory care is medically feasible and acceptable. A utilization review policy would be expected to counteract the tendency to substitute inpatient for outpatient treatment by assuring that all patients with iden…
Paying for Medical Care
The study measures the economic vulnerability of disabled persons whose impaired health interfered with their earning ability. This population segment, about one sixth of the total population, represents the extreme both in terms of sensitivity to health problems and losses in economic power. The major findings are given in a nutshell. 1) Inadequate income did not bar the disabled individuals from contact with the medical care system except in th…
Determining the Amount of Help Used by Disabled Elderly Persons at Home
The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of coping resources on the amount (hours) of help used by disabled elderly persons in their home. The findings are based on the 1989 National Long-Term Care Survey. The distribution of help-hours is very skewed, mirroring the skewness of limitations in physical and cognitive functioning. Controlling for these limitations, the most important coping resources are the combinations of helpers who j…
Paying for Medical Care
The study measures the economic vulnerability of disabled persons whose impaired health interfered with their earning ability. This population segment, about one sixth of the total population, represents the extreme both in terms of sensitivity to health problems and losses in economic power. The major findings are given in a nutshell. 1) Inadequate income did not bar the disabled individuals from contact with the medical care system except in th…
Utilization Review and Containment of Hospital Utilization
The study examines the potential for savings in the use of hospital resources if utilization review policies succeed in curtailing excessive use of hospital facilities. Excessive use is defined as the utilization of hospital care when ambulatory care is medically feasible and acceptable. A utilization review policy would be expected to counteract the tendency to substitute inpatient for outpatient treatment by assuring that all patients with iden…
Does Having More Time After Retirement Change the Demand for Physician Services
Various aspects of the demand for ambulatory services of physicians have been studied by researchers, but so far the effect of increased availability of nonwork time due to retirement on demand has not been examined. This study investigated whether discouraging early retirement (which was the intent of the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act) will reduce the use of medical services because persons who continue to work have less time than r…
Paid Work and Unpaid Help by Caregivers of the Disabled and Frail Elders
Informal caregiving by women, and to a lesser extent by men, is a major source of assistance for the chronically disabled and most dependent older persons living in the community. However, because women's commitment to career employment may diminish, this source of help at the time when (according to demographic trends) the number of very old Americans will increase, the effect of employment on the time they devote to informal caregiving is an im…
Improved Versus Deteriorated Physical Functioning Among Long-Term Disabled Elderly
The usual prognosis for long-term disabled elderly is that they are not likely to improve or regain independent functioning. But computed transition probabilities reveal a significant proportion of improvement. Based on the National Long-Term Care Surveys of 1982 and 1984, this study identifies the personal characteristics that are associated with changed functional status between these 2 years and estimates how much each characteristic contribut…
Full-Time Employment and Informal Caregiving in the 1980s
The study examines the extent to which the effect of full-time employment on informal caregiving has changed over time. Such a change could be expected because women, who constitute the majority of unpaid caregivers, have been increasing their commitment to career employment. Full-time market work by an increasing proportion of successive cohorts of women means that proportionally fewer will be available to provide the amount of assistance needed…
Determining the Amount of Help Used by Disabled Elderly Persons at Home
The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of coping resources on the amount (hours) of help used by disabled elderly persons in their home. The findings are based on the 1989 National Long-Term Care Survey. The distribution of help-hours is very skewed, mirroring the skewness of limitations in physical and cognitive functioning. Controlling for these limitations, the most important coping resources are the combinations of helpers who j…
Medicine (7 obras) · Gerontology (5 obras) · Gerontology (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (4 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Healthcare Policy and Management (3 obras) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 obras) · Labour economics (3 obras) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (3 obras)