The prevalence of hearing impairment and its burden on the quality of life among adults with Medicare Supplement Insurance

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1135-1147

  Hawkins, Kevin ^a   Bottone, Frank G ^a   Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   Shirley Musich, ^a   Bai, Ming ^a   Migliori, Richard J ^b   Yeh, Charlotte S ^c  

^a OPTUM   (United States)

^b UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Hearing impairment; Medicare; Medigap; Self reported

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867065350     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0028-z     Document Type: Article

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