Use of Health Services by Chinese Elderly in Beijing

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1265-1282

  Foreman, Stephen Earl ^a   Yu, Lucy C ^a   Barley, Dana ^a   Chen, Li Wu ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly health service use; Filial piety; Social supports

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032133475     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808000-00014     Document Type: Article

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