【主讲】徐兰兰 研究员 (IMPAQ International)
【主题】The Impact of the US Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration on Health Risk Behaviors and Self-Rated Health Status
【时间】2015年12月16日 (周三) 15：30-17：00
【地点】上海财经大学经济学院楼701室
【语言】英文
【摘要】The aging population, prevalence of chronic disease, and rapidly-rising costs of health care in the U.S. provide a sense of urgency for finding innovative solutions that improve the health of seniors, and prevent or delay debilitating and costly disease onset. Research suggests that well-structured risk reduction programs can achieve significant improvements in a population’s health risk profile. The innovative Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration (SRRD) is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that examines whether health promotion and health management programs can improve the health of Medicare beneficiaries and reduce their avoidable health care utilization. We used a two-stage regression model to estimate participation in the program in the first stage and the impact of the program conditional on participation in the second stage. Results show that the demonstration was successful in decreasing the risk of participants, both overall and for certain risk areas and in improving their self-reported health status. However, it was not successful in lowering health care utilization.
