A multi-level analysis of urban/rural and socioeconomic differences in functional health status transition among older Chinese

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 559-567

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a   Wen, Ming ^a   Kaneda, Toshiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Disability; Health transition; Mortality; Older people; Rural; Social class; Urban

Indexed keywords

CLASS; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

CHINA;

EID: 77954032531     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.048     Document Type: Article

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