Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hearing Health Care among Older Americans

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-94

  Nieman, Carrie L ^a,b   Marrone, Nicole ^c   Szanton, Sarah L ^d,e,f   Thorpe, Roland J ^d,f   Lin, Frank R ^a,d,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

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

Author keywords

health care disparities; hearing health care; hearing loss; minority health; older adults

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEARING AID; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEARING AIDS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954418007     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264315585505     Document Type: Article

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