title: The relationship between the receipt of supplementary pension, disability and the use of services by the elderly.
abstract: Twelve hundred and eighty-eight people aged 70 and over in two general practices in South Wales were interviewed about their degree of physical disability, their use of health and social services and whether or not they received supplementary pensions. Those who received supplementary pensions were more likely to be in receipt of services at all levels of physical disability but a multiple regression analysis suggested that this was due to intervening variables, particularly the degree of physical disability and whether or not the person lived alone.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011632:Public Assistance; D012947:Social Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014852:Wales