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How Do Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Affect Nursing Home Admission? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study

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  • Mieke Beth Thomeer
  • Stipica Mudrazija
  • Jacqueline L. Angel

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Objectives. This study investigates how health- and disability-based need factors and enabling factors (e.g., socioeconomic and family-based resources) relate to nursing home admission among 3 different racial and ethnic groups.

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  • Mieke Beth Thomeer & Stipica Mudrazija & Jacqueline L. Angel, 2015. "How Do Race and Hispanic Ethnicity Affect Nursing Home Admission? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 70(4), pages 628-638.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:70:y:2015:i:4:p:628-638.
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    1. Freedman, V.A., 1996. "Family Structure and the Risk of Nursing Home Admission," Papers 96-10, RAND - Reprint Series.
    2. Ronald J. Angel & Jacqueline L. Angel & Terrence D. Hill, 2009. "Subjective Control and Health Among Mexican-Origin Elders in Mexico and the United States: Structural Considerations in Comparative Research," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(3), pages 390-401.
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