Elders who delay medication because of cost: Health insurance, demographic, health, and financial correlates

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 779-787

  Klein, Dawn ^a   Turvey, Carolyn ^a   Wallace, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Elders; Health insurance; Medicare; Prescription medication

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 10844266045     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.6.779     Document Type: Article

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