Elderly Hispanics More Likely To Reside In Poor-Quality Nursing Homes
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 29 (1), 65-73
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0003
Abstract
The proportion of Hispanics age sixty-five and older who are living in nursing homes rose from 5 percent in 2000 to 6.4 percent in 2005. Although segregation in nursing homes seems to have declined slightly, elderly Hispanics are more likely than their non-Hispanic white peers to reside in nursing homes that are characterized by severe deficiencies in performance, understaffing, and poor care.Keywords
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