A case study in assessing an ethnically diverse community-based aging population: A multimethod approach

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 157-166

  Cohn, Jodi ^a   Lyons, Morgon ^a   Fink, Rosalie ^a   Marker, Joan Houser ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Aging in place; Ethnic diversity; Needs assessment; Older people; Residential housing; Senior housing; Social HMO

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034222513     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060001500406     Document Type: Article

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