The Prevalence and Consequences of Unmet Need: Contrasts between Older and Younger Adults with Disability

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1132-1148

  Allen, Susan M ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Home care; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031279320     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199711000-00005     Document Type: Article

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