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    <title>EconStor Community: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario</title>
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      <title>Is there an age pattern in the treatment of AMI? Evidence from Ontario</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66901</link>
      <description>Title: Is there an age pattern in the treatment of AMI? Evidence from Ontario
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Grignon, Michel; Spencer, Byron G.; Wang, Li
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: In this article we analyse the rates at which those admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) receive aggressive treatment, assess how those rates have changed over time, and ask whether there is evidence of age discrepancies. Estimates made on the basis of data from an administrative database that includes discharges from all acute care hospitals in Ontario for selected years, from 1995 to 2005, indicate that there are strong and persistent age patterns in the application of medical technology. Results showed that to be true even after controlling for the higher rates of co-morbidities among older patients and variations across hospitals in practice patterns.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The age pattern of retirement: A comparison of cohort measures</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66900</link>
      <description>Title: The age pattern of retirement: A comparison of cohort measures
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Denton, Frank T.; Finnie, Ross; Spencer, Byron G.
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Measures of retirement that take a cohort perspective are appealing since retirement patterns may change, and it would be useful to have consistent measures that would make it possible to compare retirement patterns over time and between countries or regions. We propose and implement two measures. One is based on administrative income tax records and relates to actual cohorts; the other is based on a time-series of cross sectional labour force surveys and relates to pseudo-cohorts. We conclude that while the tax-based observations for actual cohorts provide a richer data set for analysis, the estimated measures of retirement and transition from work to retirement based on the two data sets are quite similar.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chronic health conditions: Changing prevalence in an aging population and some implications for the delivery of health care services</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66899</link>
      <description>Title: Chronic health conditions: Changing prevalence in an aging population and some implications for the delivery of health care services
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Denton, Frank T.; Spencer, Byron G.
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Since the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age we might anticipate that as the population ages the proportion with one or more such conditions would rise, as would the cost of treatment. We ask three questions: How much would the overall prevalence of chronic conditions increase in a quarter century if age-specific rates of prevalence did not change? How much would the requirements for health care resources increase in those circumstances? How much difference would it make to those requirements if people had fewer chronic conditions? We conclude that the overall prevalence rates for almost all conditions associated mostly with old age would rise by more than 25 percent and that health care requirements would grow more rapidly than the population - more than twice as rapidly in the case of hospital stays - if the rates for each age group remained constant. We conclude also that even modest reductions in the average number of conditions at each age could result in substantial savings.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Population aging, older workers, and Canada's labour force</title>
      <link>http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66898</link>
      <description>Title: Population aging, older workers, and Canada's labour force
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Denton, Frank T.; Spencer, Byron G.
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. We explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker participation would have for the overall size and age composition of the labour force, for the productive capacity of the economy, and for the incomes of Canadians. Our purpose is to assess the potential impact that increased participation of older workers might have in offsetting any anticipated adverse effects of population aging on standards of living.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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