Growth of racial and ethnic minorities in us nursing homes driven by demographics and possible disparities in options

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1358-1365

  Feng, Zhanlian ^a   Fennell, Mary L ^a   Tyler, Denise A ^a   Clark, Melissa ^a   Mor, Vincent ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MINORITY HEALTH; NURSING HOME; RACE; UNITED STATES; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960284456     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0126     Document Type: Article

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