Jodi Liu

Dec 3, 2024 | rand.org | Annie Chen |Peter Hudomiet |Michael D. Hurd |Jodi Liu

Key Findings Low cognitive ability, functional limitations, and poor physical health are strong predictors of dementia as many as 20 years before its onset. Lifestyle factors, such as never drinking alcohol or drinking excessively, never exercising, and low engagement in hobbies, are associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Early detection of cognitive impairment helps people take mitigating actions to prepare for future loss of their financial and physical independence.

Jul 29, 2024 | rand.org | Jodi Liu |Lawrence Baker |Annie Chen |Jessie Wang

Topics Publisher: Oxford University PressAvailability: Non-RAND Year: 2024 Pages: 15 Document Number: EP-70558 This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations. RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Jun 30, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Jodi Liu |Federico Girosi |Christine Eibner

Key PointsQuestion  What is the distribution of US household health care payments as a share of compensation under rate regulation, spending growth target, and single-payer policies? Findings  In this cross-sectional microsimulation analysis, single-payer health care financed by income and payroll taxes made mean payments more progressive, decreasing from 27% to 15% of compensation for the lowest-income households and increasing from 27% to 31% for the highest-income households.

Jan 30, 2024 | rand.org | Annie Chen |Jodi Liu |Lawrence Baker |Jessie Wang

Key Findings There is substantial variation in health care system capacity across the United States to detect, diagnose, and treat early-stage AD with DMTs.The estimated wait times and the number of patients treated are sensitive to patient uptake of brief cognitive assessments. Estimated average wait times vary by state and can be three times longer in rural areas than in urban areas.