@article {5967,
	title = {Estimates of the Potential Insurance Value of Disability Insurance for Individuals with Mental Health Impairments},
	year = {2013},
	institution = {Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center},
	abstract = {Since the mid-1980s there has been dramatic growth in the number and fraction of DI and SSI beneficiaries with mental illness. With longer life expectancies and younger ages of disability onset than beneficiaries with physical impairments, their growth exerts added fiscal pressure on the programs. While not specifically focused on mental illness, fears of an increase in the duration (and thus prevalence) of disability claims that may result from this demographic shift have generated calls to tighten eligibility rules again. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to SSA administrative records, we created statistically matched control groups of non-beneficiaries with severe mental illness. We then estimated the earnings, income, and health insurance coverage among rejected DI/SSI applicants with mental illness who have characteristics comparable to persons awarded benefits on the basis of mental impairments. We found that even after controlling for health and demographic characteristics, DI beneficiaries were substantially worse off than rejected applicants in terms of wealth and income. While these rejected applicants with mental illness were worse off than those with physical impairments, our findings suggests that the programs successfully select applicants with the greatest income needs,and that retrenchment could result in significant hardship.},
	keywords = {Health Conditions and Status, Public Policy, Social Security},
	author = {John Bound and Caswell, Kyle J. and Timothy A Waidmann}
}
@article {5715,
	title = {Examining the Relationships between Excess Body Weight, Health and Disability},
	year = {2008},
	institution = {Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation},
	address = {Washington, D.C.},
	abstract = {The recent rise in the prevalence of obesity and overweight in the overall United States population has raised many concerns about the future. In addition to concerns about the medical costs of treating obesity-related illness, an apparent correlation between obesity and disability has led to concern that the recent declines in rates of disability among the elderly may cease or reverse. In this report, we explore the relationship between excess weight and obesity in a series of cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses in an attempt to evaluate these concerns. Using data from the 1998-2004 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we find evidence that the risks of developing difficulties with activities of daily living (ADLs) does increase with the prevalence of obesity, but the effects appear to be less dramatic than the effects on the limitations in physical functioning, which can be precursors of ADL disability. Further, we find only a weak relationship between excess weight and the onset of difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs).},
	keywords = {Health Conditions and Status},
	url = {https://aspe.hhs.gov/basic-report/examining-relationships-between-excess-body-weight-health-and-disability},
	author = {Timothy A Waidmann and Vicki A Freedman and Christine L Himes and Ahmad, Saad}
}
