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Timothy Waidmann  Timothy Waidmann, Ph.D., is a senior research associate whose research focuses on the economics and demography of health, disability, and retirement. He is interested in the roles of Medicare and Social Security Disability Insurance in supporting elderly and near-elderly with chronic health problems. He has studied trends in disability among the elderly and their implication for public financing of health care and is involved in several projects examining the impact of individual health changes on the retirement decisions of older adults. He is also interested in differences in health and the use of health care along lines of ethnicity, race and immigration status. Prior to joining the health policy center in 1996, Waidmann was assistant professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Publications by Timothy Waidmann
Estimating the Cost of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (Policy Briefs/Health Policy Briefs) Timothy Waidmann
Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Older Adults (Research Report) Linda J. Blumberg, Timothy Waidmann
How We Can Pay for Health Reform (Research Report) Robert A. Berenson, John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg, Randall R. Bovbjerg, Timothy Waidmann, Allison Cook, Aimee Williams
A Framework For Identifying High-Impact Interventions To Promote Reductions In Late-Life Disability (Research Report) Vicki Freedman, Nancy Hodgson, Joanne Lynn, Brenda Spillman, Timothy Waidmann, Anne Wilkinson, Douglas A. Wolf
Promoting Declines in the Prevalence of Late-Life Disability: Comparisons of Three Potentially High-Impact Interventions (Article) Vicki Freedman, Nancy Hodgson, Joanne Lynn, Brenda Spillman, Timothy Waidmann, Anne Wilkinson, Douglas A. Wolf
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