James Lubitz

Summary

Affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Health, technology, and medical care spending
    James Lubitz
    National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 24:W5R81-5. 2005
  2. ncbi Health, life expectancy, and health care spending among the elderly
    James Lubitz
    Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    N Engl J Med 349:1048-55. 2003
  3. ncbi Was there compression of disability for older Americans from 1992 to 2003?
    Liming Cai
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6330, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Demography 44:479-95. 2007
  4. ncbi Payment source and length of use among home health agency discharges
    Beth Han
    From the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Med Care 42:1081-90. 2004
  5. ncbi The predicted effects of chronic obesity in middle age on medicare costs and mortality
    Liming Cai
    National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Eastsound, WA, USA
    Med Care 48:510-7. 2010
  6. ncbi Evaluation of a method for fitting a semi-Markov process model in the presence of left-censored spells using the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Liming Cai
    National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Stat Med 27:5509-24. 2008
  7. ncbi Retrospective information on health status and its application for population health measures
    Michael T Molla
    National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Demography 45:115-28. 2008
  8. ncbi Trends in the health of older Americans, 1970-2005
    Ellen Kramarow
    National Center for Health Statistics, Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1417-25. 2007
  9. ncbi Trends in the coronary heart disease risk profile of middle-aged adults
    Ellen Kramarow
    Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 23:31-4. 2013
  10. ncbi Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: report from a technical working group
    Vicki A Freedman
    Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
    Demography 41:417-41. 2004

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Health, technology, and medical care spending
    James Lubitz
    National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 24:W5R81-5. 2005
    ..However, the jury is still out on whether a better health-risk profile among future sixty-five-year-olds could moderate health spending for the elderly...
  2. ncbi Health, life expectancy, and health care spending among the elderly
    James Lubitz
    Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    N Engl J Med 349:1048-55. 2003
    ..We estimated the relation of health status at 70 years of age to life expectancy and to cumulative health care expenditures from the age of 70 until death...
  3. ncbi Was there compression of disability for older Americans from 1992 to 2003?
    Liming Cai
    Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 6330, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Demography 44:479-95. 2007
    ..These trends are consistent with elements of both the theory of compression of morbidity and the theory of dynamic equilibrium...
  4. ncbi Payment source and length of use among home health agency discharges
    Beth Han
    From the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Med Care 42:1081-90. 2004
    ....
  5. ncbi The predicted effects of chronic obesity in middle age on medicare costs and mortality
    Liming Cai
    National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Eastsound, WA, USA
    Med Care 48:510-7. 2010
    ..The prevalence of adult obesity has increased in recent decades. It is important to predict the long-term effect of body weight, and changes in body weight, in middle age on longevity and Medicare costs in older ages...
  6. ncbi Evaluation of a method for fitting a semi-Markov process model in the presence of left-censored spells using the Cardiovascular Health Study
    Liming Cai
    National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Stat Med 27:5509-24. 2008
    ..SMP-EM estimates of duration-dependent transition probabilities also appear more accurate and less variable than multi-state life table estimates...
  7. ncbi Retrospective information on health status and its application for population health measures
    Michael T Molla
    National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
    Demography 45:115-28. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi Trends in the health of older Americans, 1970-2005
    Ellen Kramarow
    National Center for Health Statistics, Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1417-25. 2007
    ..Factors that might limit prospects for future improvements include rising rates of obesity and diabetes, particularly among the middle-aged...
  9. ncbi Trends in the coronary heart disease risk profile of middle-aged adults
    Ellen Kramarow
    Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA
    Ann Epidemiol 23:31-4. 2013
    ..To examine recent trends in the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk profiles of the population aged 45 to 64 in the United States...
  10. ncbi Resolving inconsistencies in trends in old-age disability: report from a technical working group
    Vicki A Freedman
    Polisher Research Institute, Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, North Wales, PA 19454, USA
    Demography 41:417-41. 2004
    ..The implications of the findings for policy, national survey efforts, and further research are discussed...
  11. ncbi New estimates of lifetime nursing home use: have patterns of use changed?
    Brenda C Spillman
    The Urban Institute, Washington DC 20037, USA
    Med Care 40:965-75. 2002
    ..It is important to understand patterns of lifetime nursing home use and their implications for public and private payers. We provide new lifetime nursing home use estimates, project future use, and discuss cost implications...
  12. ncbi Cardiovascular risk profile earlier in life and Medicare costs in the last year of life
    Martha L Daviglus
    Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwesten University, Chicago, Ill 60611, USA
    Arch Intern Med 165:1028-34. 2005
    ..However, it is unknown whether cardiovascular risk profile earlier in life influences health care costs in the last year of life. This study addresses this question...