Policy Briefs

The Policy Brief series is a collection of essays on current public policy issues in aging, health, income security, metropolitan studies, and related research done by or on behalf of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University. Single copies of these publications may be obtained at no cost from the CPR website at http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu. The following are a sample of Policy Briefs related to aging:

No. 38/2008. Do We Want to Measure the Quality of Care for Vulnerable Older People? The ACOVE Approach. Syracuse Seminar on Aging. Neil S. Wenger. (March)
No. 37/2008. Our Troubled Health Care System: Why Is It So Hard to Fix? Nineteenth Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy. Judy Feder. (March)
No. 35/2007. Is It Time to Redesign Hospice? End-of-Life Care at the User Interface. Syracuse Seminar on Aging. David J. Casarett (February).
No. 34/2006. Variations among Regions and Hospitals in Managing Chronic Illness: How Much Care Is Enough? Seventeenth Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy. John E. Wennberg (July).
No. 33/2006. How Will Declining Rates of Marriage Reshape Eligibility for Social Security? Madonna Harrington Meyer, Douglas A. Wolf, and Christine L. Himes (July).
No. 32/2006. The Changing Economic Incentives of Long-Term Care. Syracuse Seminar Series on Aging. R. Tamara Konetzka (May).
No. 29/2004. Social Integration of Older Immigrants in 21st Century America. Janet M. Wilmoth (October).
No. 22/2001.How Does Dipping into Your Pension Affect Your Retirement Wealth? Gary V. Engelhardt (August).
No. 17/2000. Health Promotion for Older Adults: What Is the Potential? Eleventh Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy. Linda P. Fried (January).
No. 16/1999. Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women. Timothy M. Smeeding (November).
No. 12/1998. The Hidden Age Revolution: Emergent Integration of All Ages. Matilda White Riley (May).
No. 9/1997. Pro-Work Policy Proposals for Older Americans in the 21st Century. Richard V. Burkhauser and Joseph F. Quinn (November).
No. 8/1997. Healthier and Wealthier? The Changing Economic Circumstances of the Elderly. James P. Smith (May).
No. 7, 1997. American Longevity: Past, Present, and Future. Samuel H. Preston (October).
No. 2/1994. Social Security Reform: A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing Older Women's Disproportionate Risk of Poverty. Richard V. Burkhauser and Timothy M. Smeeding (November).

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