The economic implications of self-care: The effect of lifestyle, functional adaptations, and medical self-care among a national sample of medicare beneficiaries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1608-1612

  Stearns, S C ^a   Bernard, S L ^a   Fasick, S B ^a   Schwartz, R ^a   Konrad, T R ^a   Ory, M G ^a   DeFriese, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; SELF CARE; SMOKING;

EID: 0033805099     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.10.1608     Document Type: Article

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