Health and social service utilization among elderly immigrants from the former Soviet Union

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-271

  Aroian, Karen J ^a   Khatutsky, Galina ^b   Tran, Thanh V ^c   Balsam, Alan L ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Economics Research Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Brookline Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health utilization; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; USSR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; USSR;

EID: 0035236067     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2001.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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