Racial and ethnic disparities in the outcomes of elderly home care recipients

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Brega, Angela G ^a   Goodrich, Glenn K ^a   Powell, Martha C ^a   Grigsby, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Home health care; Outcomes; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644652365     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v24n03_01     Document Type: Article

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