Predictors of overnight hospital admission in older African American and caucasian medicare beneficiaries

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 910-916

  Clay, Olivio J ^a,b   Roth, David L ^a,b,c,d   Safford, Monika M ^d   Sawyer, Patricia L ^b,d   Allman, Richard M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health disparities; Hospital admission; Minority aging; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051525412     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr082     Document Type: Article

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