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Access to health care for older persons in the United States
— personal, structural and neighborhood characteristics | | Author(s) | Amy H Auchincloss, Joan F Van Nostrand, Donna Ronsaville |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 13, no 3, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 329-354 |
| Keywords | Health services ; Usage [services] ; Accessibility ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data for 12,341 over 65s from the US National Health Interview Survey 1994, from the 1990 US Census, and on health professional shortage areas were used to model the probability of problems with access to health care. The likelihood of access problems increased sharply with decreasing gradients of family income, and for those lacking private health care insurance. Rural areas and poor areas were at a disadvantage with access to care, whereas residents of homogeneous neighbourhoods appeared better able to access care. Considering the high association between neighbourhood and personal characteristics, it is notable that any neighbourhood effects remained after combining them with personal effects. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010820202 A |
| Classmark | L: QLD: 5CA: 3F: 7T |
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