Gender differences across race/ethnicity in use of health care among medicare-aged Americans

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1205-1213

  Song, Jing ^a   Chang, Rowland W ^a,b   Manheim, Larry M ^a   Dunlop, Dorothy D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846513445     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.1205     Document Type: Article

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