Publications by authors named "Erin Dowd Shannon"
Chronic conditions: results of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey, 1998-2000.
Health Care Financ Rev
November 2004
This research examines the predictors of 2-year declines in physical and mental health for beneficiaries surveyed in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (HOS). Regression results indicate that age, arthritis of the hip/knee, sciatica, and pulmonary diseases, comorbidity at baseline, and increased comorbidity between baseline and followup were predictors of decline in physical health; however, these account for very small amounts of variance. The number of newly diagnosed chronic conditions and depression predicted decline in mental health.
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- The research analyzed how well the propensity score method compares responses from proxy-completed surveys to self-completed ones in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey from 1998-2000.
- Using this method, they matched responses based on individual characteristics and found it reduced differences between the two types of responses.
- However, some noticeable disparities remained in certain demographic data, activities of daily living, chronic conditions, and depression screening despite the adjustments.