Gender and ethnic/racial disparities in health care utilization among older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Dunlop, Dorothy D ^a   Manheim, Larry M ^a   Song, Jing ^a   Chang, Rowland W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036306099     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.4.S221     Document Type: Article

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