Home- and community-based service use by older African American, hispanic, and non-hispanic white women and men

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 129-153

  Laditka, Sarah B ^a   Laditka, James N ^a   Drake, Bettina Fisher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Aging; Community based services; Formal care; Hispanics; Home health care; Long term care; Older people; Service use

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749532685     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v25n03_08     Document Type: Article

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