Forgoing physician visits because of cost: A source of health disparities for elderly people with disabilities?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1319-1326

  Lee, Jae Chul ^a   Heinemann, Allen W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH VISITOR; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956258625     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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