Proxy response patterns among the aged: Effects on estimates of health status and medical care utilization from the 1982-1984 long-term care surveys

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Corder, Larry S ^a   Woodbury, Max A ^a   Manton, Kenneth G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frail; Health and functioning; Longitudinal analysis; Multivariate analysis; Proxy respondent

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0029863117     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00507-2     Document Type: Article

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