Food insecurity is negatively associated with home health and out-of-pocket expenditures in older adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1888-1895

  Bhargava, Vibha ^a   Lee, Jung Sun ^a   Jain, Rahul ^a   Johnson, Mary Ann ^a   Brown, Arvine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Division of Aging Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869147548     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.163220     Document Type: Article

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