Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between the Use of Health Care Services and Functional Disability: The Health and Retirement Study (1992-2004)
Author(s) -
Mary Elizabeth Bowen,
Hector M. González
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/48.5.659
Subject(s) - ethnic group , gerontology , medicine , health and retirement study , health care , health equity , race and health , activities of daily living , public health , nursing , psychiatry , economics , economic growth , anthropology , sociology
The purpose of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between functional disability and the use of health care services in a nationally representative sample of older adults by using the Andersen behavioral model of health services utilization.
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