Local health department assurance of services and the health of California's seniors

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 550-561

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Herrera, Angelica P ^b   Wang, Yueyan ^a   Jacobson, Dawn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

assurance; local health departments; older adults; public health practice; surveillance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885183828     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31828e25e5     Document Type: Article

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