Environmental factors associated with primary care access among urban older adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 914-921

  Ryvicker, Miriam ^a   Gallo, William T ^b   Fahs, Marianne C ^b  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health disparities; Older adults; Primary care supply; USA

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862769969     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.029     Document Type: Article

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