A comparative analysis of disability measures and their relation to home health care use

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-37

  Jenkins, Carol L ^a   Laditka, Sarah B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Disability; Eligibility for home care services; Functional status; Home health care use; Measures of disability; Older people

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038687302     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v22n01_02     Document Type: Article

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