The conceptual and empirical link between health behaviors, self reported health, and the use of home health care in later life

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 71-89

  Mjelde Mossey, Lee Ann ^a   Mor Barak, Michal E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly self reported health; Health behaviors; Home health

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032233266     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n03_05     Document Type: Article

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