Delivery of preventive services to older black patients using neighborhood health centers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-130

  Wright, Paul J ^a   Fortinsky, Richard H ^c   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^c   Anderson, Philip A ^c   Landefeld, C Seth ^b  

^a GeriMed   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Access to care; Blacks; Geriatrics; Preventive services; Primary care

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEGRO; OCCULT BLOOD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033976752     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03902.x     Document Type: Article

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