Socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among elderly people: Results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 803-810

  Huguet, Nathalie ^a   Kaplan, Mark S ^a   Feeny, David ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Canada; Income; International comparison; Quality of Life (QoL); Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749085336     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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