Do seniors understand their risk of moving to a nursing home?

Health Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 811-828

  Taylor Jr , Donald H ^a   Osterman, Jan ^a   Acuff, S Will ^a   Østbye, Truls ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Long term care; Nursing home; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROBABILITY; RISK; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20344385534     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2005.00386.x     Document Type: Review

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