@article{Rogers:334638,
      recid = {334638},
      author = {Rogers, Carolyn C.},
      title = {Health Status and Use of Health Care Services by the Older  Population:  A Residential Comparison},
      address = {1993-09},
      number = {2487-2023-648},
      series = {Rural Development Research Report No. 86},
      pages = {57},
      year = {1993},
      note = {This study examines the importance of residential location  on the health status and use of health care services by the  older population.  The analysis is based on the 1984  Supplement on Aging (SOA), a special supplement to the  National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).  The 1984 SOA is  the most appropriate data set for this analysis because it  provides a large enough sample size to study differences in  the elderly's health and other characteristics separately  by residence--central city, suburban, and nonmetro--and is  the latest and richest source of data.  The NHIS is an  annual household interview survey of the civilian  noninstitutional population of the United States conducted  by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).  All  interviews are conducted in person by trained Bureau of the  Census interviewers with a family member most knowledgeable  about the family's health.},
      abstract = {Although the majority of elderly persons are, and perceive  themselves to be, in good health, health status differs by  residential location, with a higher proportion of nonmetro  elders reporting their health as fair or poor (35 percent)  than metro elders (29 percent).  The nonmetro elderly are  also more likely to have certain chronic conditions, such  as arthritis, that are clearly associated with poorer  physical functioning.  Differences in elders’  self-assessments of health and physical functioning remain  evident when other factors, such as age, race, social  support networks, income, and education are accounted for.   The nonmetro elderly use less health care (compared with  metro residents) than is commensurate with their health  status.  This suggests that there is a gap between the  nonmetro elderly's need for care, based on their poorer  health status and lower socioeconomic standing, and the  availability of services to meet this need.  This report  uses data from the 1984 Supplement on Aging to the National  Health Interview Survey to describe the nature and  magnitude of differences in health status and use of health  care services by the older population, by place of  residence.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334638},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.334638},
}