Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep 'my home'

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  McCann, Mark ^a   Grundy, Emily ^b   O'Reilly, Dermot ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMEOWNER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OWNERSHIP; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH WORK; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; TENURE RELATIONS;

AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CENSUSES; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84855996736     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200315     Document Type: Article

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