Is there equity in the home health care market? Understanding racial patterns in the use of formal home health care

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  White Means, Shelley I ^a,b   Rubin, Rose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3543037561     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.4.S220     Document Type: Article

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