Insomnia and health services utilization in middle- Aged and older adults: Results from the health and retirement study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12 A, 2013, Pages 1512-1517

  Kaufmann, Christopher N ^a   Canham, Sarah L ^a   Mojtabai, Ramin ^a   Gum, Amber M ^b   Dautovich, Natalie D ^c   Kohn, Robert ^d   Spira, Adam P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Public health; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HEALTH.; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH.; SLEEP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST SAVINGS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891616486     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt050     Document Type: Article

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