James Lubitz

Distinguished Consultant and Acting Chief, Aging and Chronic Disease Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MPH, UCLA
BA, Trinity College (CT)

Mr. Lubitz’ research interests include trends in the health of the aged and implications for financing Medicare. He is also conducting studies to test and improve life table methods and micro-simulation to study health and health care costs of the elderly.

Email Address
301 458 4354

Related Publications

Kramarow E, Lubitz J, Lentzner H, and Gorina Y. 2007. Trends in the Health of Older Americans, 1970-2005. Health Affairs 26: 1417-1425.

Cai L, Schenker N, Lubitz J. 2006. Analysis of Functional Status Transitions Using a Semi-Markov Process Model in the Presence of Left-Censored Spells. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Forthcoming.

Freedman VA, Crimmins EM, Schoeni RF, Spillman BC, Aykan H, Kramarow E, Land K, Lubitz J, Manton KG, Martin LG, Shinberg D, Waidmann TA. 2004. Resolving Inconsistencies in Trends in Old-Age Disability: Report From a Technical Working Group. Demography 41(3):417-41.

Lubitz J, Cai L, Kramarow E, Lentzner H. 2003. Health, Life Expectancy, and Health Care Spending among the Elderly. New England Journal of Medicine 349(11):1048-1055.

Spillman BC, Lubitz J. 2002. New Estimates of Lifetime Nursing Home Use: Have Patterns of Use Changed? Medical Care 40(10):965-975.

Spillman BC, Lubitz J. 2000. The Effect of Longevity on Spending for Acute and Long-Term Care. New England Journal of Medicine 342(19):1409-1415.