Journal article
Elderly Persons without Family Support Networks and Use of Health Services: A Follow- Up Report on Social Network Relationships
Research on aging, Vol.7(4), pp.617-622
12/1985
DOI: 10.1177/0164027585007004007
PMID: 4095383
Abstract
This article compares the use of health services by a random sample of 394 noninstitutionalized elderly. Elderly persons without family used hospital emergency rooms (ER) 7 to 30 times more often than elderly persons with family in the area. Differences among them for physicians' visits or hospital utilization, however, were not statistically significant. Because elderly without family in the area had similar health status as elderly with family, absence of family access to a lay referral system is thought to be the principal reason for increased use of ER services, especially for nonurgent care.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Elderly Persons without Family Support Networks and Use of Health Services: A Follow- Up Report on Social Network Relationships
- Creators
- Rodney M. Coe - St Louis University School of MedicineFredric D. Wolinsky - Saint Louis UniversityDouglas K. Miller - St. Louis University School of MedicineJohn M. Prendergast - St Louis University School of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Research on aging, Vol.7(4), pp.617-622
- DOI
- 10.1177/0164027585007004007
- PMID
- 4095383
- ISSN
- 0164-0275
- eISSN
- 1552-7573
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1985
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984363608802771
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