Living Alone and Outpatient Care Use by Older Veterans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 617-622

  Guzman, Jenice S ^a,b   Sohn, Linda ^a   Harada, Nancy D ^a,b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Living alone; Outpatient; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCRIPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 1842632625     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52172.x     Document Type: Article

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