The Stanford Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA) promotes the study of trends in demography, economics, health, and health care, and the effects of these trends on the well-being of the elderly.

CDEHA conducts research in four program areas:

1) Effects of medical technology on costs, health outcomes, and physical and psychological well-being and choices of the elderly

2) Longitudinal and cohort studies of medical care, costs, and health and economic outcomes of older populations, in the United States and other countries, with particular emphasis on economic and health interest in outcome disparities

3) The interrelationships of health characteristics, economic status, functional status, and health care throughout the life cycle

4) Comparative international studies of demography, health, health care, and health policy affecting the aged, including analysis of health system efficiency in addressing the health care needs of the elderly

Benefitting from an university environment supportive of multidisciplinary research, CDEHA has access to a unique combination of clinical expertise and strength in economics and other disciplines relevant to the program areas; the ability to draw upon an extensive foundation of ongoing projects and research support; and collections of U.S. and international data relevant to the program areas, along with the expertise to work with large longitudinal databases.

Supported by funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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