Does more health care improve health among older adults? A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 888-906

  Golberstein, Ezra ^a   Liang, Jersey ^a,c   Quiñones, Ana ^a   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Older Americans; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248997138     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307308338     Document Type: Article

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