Table A.7.
Household Medical Expenses before and after Cognitive Decline (Financial Respondents Only)
| Cognitive Decline Based on | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total Word Recall | Total Cognition | |
|
| ||
| At Decline | −0.075 (0.046) |
0.048 (0.053) |
| After Decline | −0.065* (0.038) |
0.027 (0.048) |
| Female | −0.028 (0.027) |
−0.027 (0.027) |
| African American | −0.148** (0.041) |
−0.149** (0.042) |
| Other Race | −0.359** (0.070) |
−0.352** (0.070) |
| Age 61-70 | 0.204** (0.030) |
0.198** (0.030) |
| Age 71-80 | 0.270** (0.033) |
0.260** (0.033) |
| Age 81-90 | 0.412** (0.043) |
0.394** (0.043) |
| Age 91+ | 0.398** (0.115) |
0.376** (0.116) |
| Couple age difference | −0.008** (0.002) |
−0.008** (0.002) |
| R high education | 0.106** (0.026) |
0.106** (0.026) |
| S high education | 0.092** (0.025) |
0.091** (0.025) |
| Spouse absent | 0.155 (0.132) |
0.164 (0.133) |
| Partnered | −0.190** (0.055) |
−0.189** (0.055) |
| R poor health[ | 0.231** (0.024) |
0.231** (0.024) |
| S poor health | 0.270** (0.024) |
0.271** (0.024) |
| S tot cog score | 0.003 (0.002) |
0.003 (0.002) |
| HH income q2 (before) | 0.439** (0.052) |
0.450** (0.053) |
| HH income q3 (before) | 0.538** (0.051) |
0.543** (0.053) |
| HH income q4 (before) | 0.611** (0.055) |
0.629** (0.056) |
| R working | 0.006 (0.024) |
0.004 (0.024) |
| S working | −0.023 (0.025) |
−0.024 (0.025) |
| R ADL difficulty | 0.071** (0.015) |
0.071** (0.015) |
| S ADL difficulty | 0.089** (0.014) |
0.088** (0.014) |
|
| ||
| N | 24,435 | 24,435 |
R: respondent; S: spouse; HH: household. Regressions also include wave indicators. Standard errors clustered at the household level in parentheses. ***, ** and * indicate significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% level, respectively.