Racial and ethnic variations in caregiver service use

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-346

  Scharlach, Andrew E ^a   Giunta, Nancy ^a   Chow, Julian Chun Chung ^a   Lehning, Amanda ^a   Dal Santo, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Culture; Race and ethnicity; Support services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40349087278     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308315426     Document Type: Article

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