Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Aging (R01AG062713, K08AG051187, T32 AG023480)
Atlantic Philanthropies
American Federation for Aging Research
John A. Hartford Foundation
Article History
Received: 29 May 2020
Accepted: 30 August 2020
First Online: 7 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Our analysis is a secondary analysis of subjects in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cohort. The HRS is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (grant NIA U01A6009740) and conducted by the University of Michigan. HRS subjects are enrolled and consented as per the University of Michigan with Institutional Review Board approval. All HRS subjects provide written informed consent prior to each interview, as well as oral consent in the presence of trained study professionals. The access to HRS-Medicare linked data was approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services Privacy Board. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
: Not applicable.
: DHK provides paid consultative services to Alosa Health, a nonprofit educational organization with no relationship to any drug or device manufacturers. The other authors declare no competing interests.