Caregiver characteristics and their relationship to health service utilization in minority patients with first episode stroke

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Clark, Allison N ^a,b   Sander, Angelle M ^a,b   Pappadis, Monique R ^b,c   L evans, Gina ^d   Truchen, Margaret A S ^a,b   Chiou Tan, Faye Y ^a  

^a HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^b Brain Injury Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

caregivers; health service utilization; race ethnicity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STROKE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STROKE;

EID: 77954731564     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0584     Document Type: Article

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