Impact of social support, diversity, and poverty on nursing home utilization in a nationally representative sample of older Americans

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 67-87

  Kersting, R C ^a  

^a Department of Sociology Work ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cox models; Functional status; Nursing home; Poverty; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; POVERTY; PREDICTION; RACE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035191427     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v33n02_05     Document Type: Article

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