Title Racial differences in perceptions of access to health care among the elderly / Shulamit L. Bernard.

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New York : Garland Pub., 1997.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	362.19897 B521R	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	Garland studies on the elderly in America
	Garland studies on the elderly in America.
Note	Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-163) and index.
Contents	Ch. I. Introduction -- Ch. II. Background and Significance -- Use of Health Care Services by Older Americans -- Racial Differences in Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services -- Theoretical Background in Access To and Utilization of Medical Care -- Models of Physician Utilization -- Review of Empirical Literature on the Application of the Andersen Model to the Study of the Use of Physician Services by the Elderly -- Ch. III. Conceptual Model and Hypotheses -- Conceptual Model -- Hypotheses -- Significance of the Study -- Ch. IV. Research Design and Methodology -- Sample and Data Source -- Variable Definition -- Overview of Analysis Strategy -- Internal Validity -- External Validity -- Ch. V. Findings -- Descriptive Statistics -- Analysis of the Determinants of Delay -- Analysis of the Use of Physician Visits -- Direct and Indirect Effects -- Ch. IV. Conclusions -- Hypothesized Relationships and Findings -- Limitations of the Study -- Relationship of Findings to those of Earlier Studies and the Conceptual Model -- Generalizability of the Findings -- Implications for Policy -- Conclusions. Appendix. Rationale Behind Hypothesized Effects in Table 3.5.
Subject	Older African Americans -- Medical care -- North Carolina.
	Rural older people -- Medical care -- North Carolina.
	Older people -- Medical care -- North Carolina.
	Medical care -- Utilization -- North Carolina.
	Health services accessibility -- North Carolina -- Public opinion.
	Older people -- North Carolina -- Attitudes.
	Medical care -- North Carolina -- Public opinion.
	Discrimination in medical care -- North Carolina.
	Discrimination in medical care. (OCoLC)fst00895105
	Health services accessibility -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst00953283
	Medical care -- Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01013832
	Medical care -- Utilization. (OCoLC)fst01013881
	Older people -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst01751878
	Older people -- Medical care. (OCoLC)fst01199115
	North Carolina. (OCoLC)fst01204304
	Health Services for the Aged -- statistics & numerical data. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006299Q000706
	Attitude to Health -- ethnology. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001294Q000208
	Health Services Accessibility. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006297
	North Carolina -- ethnology. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009657Q000208
ISBN	0815326467 (acid-free paper)
	9780815326465 (acid-free paper)

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