Family structure and the risk of nursing home admission

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Freedman, Vicki A ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029869183     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.2.S61     Document Type: Article

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