A longitudinal examination of social participation, loneliness, and use of physician and hospital services

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 500-518

  Newall, Nancy ^a   McArthur, Jennifer ^a   Menec, Verena H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

health care services; hospital; loneliness; longitudinal; social participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84924993854     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314552420     Document Type: Article

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