Persistent Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Levels of Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Low-Income Older Adults

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-58

  Sattler, Elisabeth Lilian Pia ^a   Lee, Jung Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost related medication nonadherence; food insecurity; longitudinal study; older adults; poverty

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD SUPPLY; GEORGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876306261     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2012.722888     Document Type: Article

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