Urban/rural elderly health status differences: The dichotomy reexamined

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 7-24

  Gillanders, W R ^a   Buss, Terry F ^b   Hofstetter, C Richard ^c  

^a SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY PEOPLE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; URBAN-RURAL DISPARITY;

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

USA, OHIO;

EID: 0030409820     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v08n04_02     Document Type: Article

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