The relationship between living arrangement and preventive care use among community-dwelling elderly persons

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1315-1321

  Lau, Denys T ^a   Kirby, James B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650744724     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.151142     Document Type: Article

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