Dietary diversity predicts type of medical expenditure in elders

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Lo, Yuan Ting ^a   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^a,b,c   Chang, Yu Hung ^b   Kao, Senyeong ^a   Lee, Meei Shyuan ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84892401230     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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