Ethnic/race differences in the attrition of older american survey respondents: Implications for health-related research

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 1, 2012, Pages 241-254

  Zhivan, Natalia A ^a   Ang, Alfonso ^b   Amaro, Hortensia ^c   Vega, William A ^d   Markides, Kyriakos S ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; ethnicity; health; health status; insurance; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855851697     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01322.x     Document Type: Article

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