Mobility limitations in the Medicare population: Prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical correlates

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1217-1221

  Shumway Cook, Anne ^a   Ciol, Marcia A ^a   Yorkston, Kathryn M ^a   Hoffman, Jeanne M ^a   Chan, Leighton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Medicare; Mobility limitations

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MOBILIZATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 24344442927     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53372.x     Document Type: Article

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