Does retirement improve health and life satisfaction?

Gorry, Aspen; Gorry, Devon; Slavov, Sita Nataraj

doi:10.1002/hec.3821

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“…They conclude that retired individuals are more likely to use physician services when compared with the self-employed (but not to employees). Using US and German data, respectively, Gorry, Gorry, and Slavov (2015) and Eibich (2015), model retirement decisions jointly with healthcare utilization, but do not find any statistically significant impact of retirement. In a cross-country analysis for 10 European countries, Celidoni and Rebba (2017) investigate the causal effect of retiring from work on individuals' lifestyles and on doctor's visits but do not find any statistically significant effect.…”

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Health care utilization at retirement: The role of the opportunity cost of time

Lucifora

Vigani

2018

Health Economics

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We investigate the causal impact of retirement on health care utilization using SHARE data for 10 European countries. We show that the number of doctor's visits and the probability of visiting a doctor more than four times a year (our measures of health care utilization) increase after retirement. The increase in health care utilization is found to depend mainly on the years spent in retirement, suggesting that adjustment may take time. We find evidence of heterogeneous effects by gender and across different patterns of time use prior to retirement (i.e., working long hours and combined work and out-of-work activities). Overall, the empirical findings suggest that the increase in health care utilization is consistent with the decrease in the opportunity cost of time faced by individuals when they retire.

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Health care utilization at retirement: The role of the opportunity cost of time

Lucifora

Vigani

2018

Health Economics

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“…The most frequently used instrument is age-specific retirement incentives, such as early retirement windows or eligibility age thresholds. This strategy has been used both in cross-country studies (e.g., Rohwedder et al 2010;Sahlgren 2012;Heller-Sahlgren 2017;Mazzona andPeracchi 2012, 2017;Coe and Zamarro 2011;Godard 2016) and in within-country studies (e.g., Charles 2004; Bound and Waidmann 2007;Neuman 2008;Bonsang et al 2012;Gorry et al 2015;Behncke 2012). The identifying assumption is that the instruments affect health only indirectly through their effects on the age of retirement.…”

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The effects of increasing the normal retirement age on health care utilization and mortality

Hagen

2017

J Popul Econ

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This essay estimates the health effects of increasing the normal retirement age using Swedish administrative data on drug prescriptions, hospitalizations, and mortality. To this end, I use a reform that raised the age at which broad categories of Swedish local government workers were entitled to retire with full pension benefits from 63 to 65. Estimating the effect of the reform on individuals' health within the age range 65-69, the results show no evidence that the reform impacted mortality or health care utilization. Increasing the normal retirement age may thus have positive government income effects without seriously affecting short to medium run government health care expenditures.

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“…For instance, the mandate to provide maternity and parental leave is consistent with intentional legislative strategy to increase fertility rates and achieve gender equity. 42 Reported impacts of retirement on health are mixed, [43][44][45] with some researchers indicating that retirement is associated with health improvements [46][47][48] and others indicating that retirement negatively impacts health. [49][50][51] Regardless, retirement is likely to remain a standard stage of Canadians work lives; this is especially true in healthcare, where employerprovided pension plans often incentivize early retirement.…”

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High turnover in clinical dietetics: A qualitative analysis

Hewko

Oyesegun

Clow

et al. 2020

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Background: Relationships between dietitians and other healthcare providers can impact the degree to which patient care is collaborative; inefficient communication can lead to suboptimal care. It takes time for multidisciplinary team members to build collaborative, trusting relationships. For this reason, frequent dietitian turnover (or “churn”) is of concern. Consequences include fewer referrals to clinical dietetic services and limited provider continuity. The characteristics of clinical dietetic jobs associated with churn have not been identified. The principal investigator’s professional experience and a review of the literature led us to predict that managers would identify disease prestige as having an impact on churn. In this article, we report the qualitative results of a multi-method study that we conducted to explore: 1) characteristics of clinical dietetic jobs in the public sector associated with the most churn, and 2) consequences of churn on patients and managers of clinical dietitians. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with ten managers of clinical dietitians in the Canadian public health care system. We conducted a thematic analysis that was both inductive and deductive. Results: We identified four themes: i) Avoidable factors that contribute to churn often reflect intersecting human resource management issues; ii) Unavoidable factors that contribute to church frequently result from a decision made by the departing dietitian; iii) High churn in select positions has a disproportionately negative impact on patients served by dietitians in those high churn positions, and iv) Consequences of churn can be long-lasting and result in less efficient dietetic practice and reduced access to medical nutrition therapy. As predicted, prestige was perceived as playing a role in triggering dietitian turnover – however, prestige was more commonly attributed to employment in a respected institution than to providing treatment for a particular disease or condition. Conclusions: Managers of publicly-employed dietitians identified many factors as contributing to churn. Managers observed churn resulting in low provider continuity and limiting patient access to dietitians. More research is needed to better understand factors contributing to churn among Canadian clinical dietitians.Trial Registration: Not applicable.

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Does retirement improve health and life satisfaction?

Cited by 119 publications

References 54 publications

Health care utilization at retirement: The role of the opportunity cost of time

Health care utilization at retirement: The role of the opportunity cost of time

The effects of increasing the normal retirement age on health care utilization and mortality

High turnover in clinical dietetics: A qualitative analysis

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