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Original Articles

Impact of Social Support, Diversity, and Poverty on Nursing Home Utilization in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Americans

Pages 67-87 | Received 08 Apr 1999, Accepted 20 Oct 2000, Published online: 12 Oct 2008

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