%0 Book %D 2002 %T Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Economic Outcomes in Later Life %A Crystal, Stephen %A Dennis G. Shea %K Healthcare %K Net Worth and Assets %X Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care. %I Springer Publishing Co., Inc. %C New York %V 22 %G eng %4 Economic Status/Geriatrics %$ 9892