Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 1319-1326 , September 2010

Forgoing Physician Visits Because of Cost: A Source of Health Disparities for Elderly People With Disabilities?

Presented as an abstract to the 2009 Annual Research Meeting, the AcademyHealth, June 29, 2009, Chicago, IL, and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Presentations, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine-American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ACRM-ASNR) Joint Educational Conference, October 10, 2009, Denver, CO.

  • Jae Chul Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jae Chul Lee, PhD, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 750 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60611-3152
    • ,
  • Allen W. Heinemann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133P080006).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 The content presented in the study does not represent the policy of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and no endorsement by the federal government should be assumed.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.06.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 1319-1326 , September 2010

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