The vulnerability of middle-aged and older adults in a multiethnic, low-income area: Contributions of age, ethnicity, and health insurance

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2416-2422

  Walker, Kara Odom ^a   Steers, Neil ^b   Liang, Li Jung ^b   Morales, Leo S ^c   Forge, Nell ^d   Jones, Loretta ^e   Brown, Arleen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e Healthy African American Families II HAAF   (United States)

Author keywords

community based participatory research; delays; insurance; preventive services

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 78650135422     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03189.x     Document Type: Article

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