Racial and ethnic disparities in social engagement among US nursing home residents

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-321

  Li, Yue ^a   Cai, Xueya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Nursing home; Race and ethnicity; Social engagement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING HOMES; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904857855     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000088     Document Type: Article

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