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New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 237 citations · 6 references
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For elderly people who live alone, becoming incapacitated and unable to get help is a common event, which usually marks the end of their ability to live independently.
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Interaction and Living Arrangements of Older Parents and their Children
Eileen M. Crimmins, Dominique Ingegneri · Research on Aging · 1990 · 236 citations
Family Structure, Family Systems, Economics Of Aging +17
Social Networks, Institutionalization, and Mortality Among Elderly People in the United States
Ulrike Steinbach · Journal of Gerontology · 1992 · 228 citations
Hip fracture incidence among the old and very old: a population-based study of 745,435 cases.
Steven J. Jacobsen, Jack Goldberg, Toni P. Miles et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 1990 · 224 citations · Full text
Health Care Disparity, Aging, Fracture Diagnostics +24
Family Support Systems for the Aged Some Social and Demographic Considerations
Judith Treas · The Gerontologist · 1977 · 195 citations
Family Medicine, Family Structure, Demographic Considerations +20
Racial and community factors influencing coronary artery bypass graft surgery rates for all 1986 Medicare patients
K. C. Goldberg · JAMA · 1992 · 51 citations
Ethnicity, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Health Care Disparity +24