Postadmission disparities in nursing home stays of whites and minority elderly

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 352-366

  Pourat, Nadereh ^a,b   Andersen, Ronald ^a   Wallace, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnicity; Length of stay; Medicaid; Nursing homes; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION;

EID: 0035431386     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0733     Document Type: Article

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