Book chapter
A Different Perspective on Health and Health Services Utilization
Varieties of Aging, pp.71-101
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1988
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-40050-0_3
PMID: 3148318
Abstract
For more than a decade gerontologists interested in health and health behavior have called for the recognition of the marked heterogeneity that exists in these areas (e.g., Bloom & Soper, 1980; Butler, 1975; Evashwick, Rowe, Diehr, & Branch, 1984; Haug, 1981; Kovar, 1977, 1986; Shanas & Maddox, 1985; Soldo & Manton, 1985; Wan & Arling, 1983; Wolinsky & Coe, 1984), and a thoughtful examination of the most recent federal government publication on the subject supports their call (Havlik et al., 1987). These observations about heterogeneity (1) are consistent with both theory and research, (2) suggest a number of methodological problems, and (3) have important implications for public policy. We will illustrate all three points, devoting a separate section of this chapter to each.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Different Perspective on Health and Health Services Utilization
- Creators
- Fredric D. WolinskyConnie Lea Arnold
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Varieties of Aging, pp.71-101
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Berlin, Heidelberg
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-662-40050-0_3
- PMID
- 3148318
- eISSN
- 1944-4036
- ISSN
- 0198-8794
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1988
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984363610202771
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