Screening can reduce incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer but has been underutilized. Efforts to increase screening depend on accurate data about screening status. We sought to evaluate the independent and combined yield of claims and direct survey for identifying colorectal cancer screening among average-risk health plan beneficiaries. Participants were Aetna members ages between 52 ...

We show that reaching for yield—a tendency to take more risk when the real interest rate declines while premium remains constant—results from imposing a sustainable spending constraint on an otherwise standard infinitely lived investor with power utility. When is initially low, yield intensifies. The also affects response of risk-taking change in premium, which can even sign. In variant model w...