David Weir
Affiliated Programs:
Michigan Historical Demography Workshop
Funded Research:
Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging (NIA)
Health and Retirement Study SSA Yr 18 IAA (NIA)
RAND Internet Interviewing (NIA)
Widowhood, Divorce and Loss of Health Insurance Among Near Elderly Women: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study (Coverage Research Initiative) (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., Stanford University
Dr. Weir's current research interests include the measurement of health-related quality of life; the use of cost-effectiveness measures in health policy and medical decision-making; the role of supplemental health insurance in the Medicare population; the effects of health, gender, and marital status on economic well-being in retirement; and the effects of early-life experience on longevity and health at older ages.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Taylor, Donald H., Jr., Truls Ostbye, Kenneth M. Langa, David Weir, and Brenda L. Plassman. 2009. "The Accuracy of Medicare Claims as an Epidemiological Tool: The Case of Dementia Revisited." Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 17(4): 807-815. DOI:10.3233/JAD-2009-1099. Licensed Access.
Plassman, B.L., Langa, Kenneth M., G.G. Fisher, Steven Heeringa, David Weir, Mary Beth Ofstedal, J.R. Burke, M.D. Hurd, G.G. Potter, Willard Rodgers, D.C. Steffens, J.J. McArdle, Robert Willis, and R.B. Wallace. 2008. "Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States." Annals of Internal Medicine, 148(6): 427-434. Worldcat.
Weir, David, and James P. Smith. 2007. "Do panel surveys really make people sick? A commentary on Wilson and Howell (60:11, 2005, 2623–2627)." Social Science and Medicine, 65(6): 1071-1077. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.019. Licensed Access.
Heisler, Michele, Jessica Faul, Rodney Hayward, Kenneth M. Langa, Caroline Blaum, and David Weir. 2007. "Mechanisms for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Glycemic Control in Middle-aged and Older Americans in the Health and Retirement Study." Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(17): 1853-1860.
Heisler, Michele, Cole, I., David Weir, E.A. Kerr, and R.A. Hayward. 2007. "Does physician communication influence older patients' diabetes self-management and glycemic control? Results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)." Journals of Gerontology Series a-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 62(12): 1435-1442.
Kerr, E.A., Heisler, Michele, S.L. Krein, M. Kabeto, Kenneth M. Langa, David Weir, and J.D. Piette. 2007. "Beyond comorbidity counts: How do comorbidity type and severity influence diabetes patients' treatment priorities and self-management?" Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(12): 1635-1640. DOI:10.1007/s11606-007-0313-2. Licensed Access.
Plassman, B.L., Kenneth M. Langa, G.G. Fisher, Steven Heeringa, David Weir, Mary Beth Ofstedal, J.R. Burke, M.D. Hurd, G.G. Potter, Willard Rodgers, D.C. Steffens, Robert Willis, and R.B. Wallace. 2007. "Prevalence of dementia in the united states: The aging, demographics, and memory study." Neuroepidemiology, 29(1-2): 125-132. DOI:10.1007/s00181-006-0095-0. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Ness, J., D.J. Cirillo, David Weir, N.L. Nisly, and R.B. Wallace. 2005. "Use of complementary medicine in older Americans: Results from the Health and Retirement Study." Gerontologist, 45(4): 516-524.
Langa, Kenneth M., B.L. Plassman, R.B. Wallace, A.R. Herzog, Steven Heeringa, Mary Beth Ofstedal, J.R. Burke, G.G. Fisher, N.H. Fultz, M.D. Hurd, G.G. Potter, W.L. Rodgers, D.C. Steffens, David Weir, and Robert Willis. 2005. "The aging, demographics, and memory study: Study design and methods." Neuroepidemiology, 25(4): 181-191. DOI:10.1159/000087448. Licensed Access.
Langa, Kenneth M., E.B. Larson, R.B. Wallace, A. Mark Fendrick, N.L. Foster, M.U. Kabeto, David Weir, and Robert Willis. 2004. "Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures Among Older Americans With Dementia." Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 18(2): 90-98.
PSC blog
Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
Next Brown Bag
Tues, Dec 1
Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
For live stream
LINK HERE
W A R N I N G
If you are reading this, it may be that you are using rather old web browsing software that does not support modern international Web technology standards. For a better experience of the Web and this site in particular, please upgrade your web browser software today. The following are good choices: Firefox 2; Opera 9; Safari 3.