Description: This report presents the results of a market research study to explore untapped opportunities for actuaries in the health care industry.

Description: The objective of this project is to summarize the existing literature on end of life issues of interest to actuaries, and to document a broad list of such articles. The end of life issues explored are multi-dimensional and from multiple perspectives. When considering cost implications of end of life care, it is necessary to consider cost in a broad context as it is a measure that cannot solely be defined by dollars. Other dimensions of cost, such as quality of care, family care giving, communication, patient preferences and access to care, should also be explored.

Description: This article discusses the details of being classified as cognitively impaired, particularly the relationship between being classified as cognitively impaired and subsequent mortality experience and the effect of cognitive impairment on mortality rates.

Description: A review of literature regarding care management program outcomes - either financial or utilization-related which are indicative of financial improvement or from which financial conclusions may be drawn. Includes a discussion on utilization & concurrent review, case & demand & population & disease management . Paper 3 of an 8 paper series on 'An Introduction to Care Management Interventions and Their Implications for Actuaries'.

Description: Using the Delphi method, this study explores the opinions of various Long-Term Care experts and stakeholders on a wide range of LTC financing issues and potential solutions.

Description: In this paper several probability models for the random amounts of needed long-term care are explained, and one model is used to provide an alternate premium calculation method for certain long-term care coverages. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1990, VOL. 2.

Description: The Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA) are pleased to make available a resource model that provides long-run (to 2050 and beyond) forecasts of health care spending in Canada. The material was authored by Michel Grignon, Byron Spencer, and Li Wang of McMaster University.

Description: This report presents the results of a demographic study of Continuing Care Retirement Communities - CCRC. The study presents information on decrement rates by facility & resident payment contract, selection patterns, voluntary withdrawal rates, and length of stay.

Description: This paper presents population hospital utilization data concerning the proportion of total hospital days that is due to injury and the proportion of total hospital days that is spent in intensive care units for use in obtaining reserve factors. The paper also presents continuation data for hospitalizations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This is a panel discussion about social insurance programs for health care in Canada and the United States and new developments in benefits and costs of the programs.