Community and individual race/ethnicity and home health care use among elderly persons in the United States

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1251-1267

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

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Elderly; home care; MEPS; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956578006     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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