title: The geography of elderly minority populations in the United States.
abstract: "Because minority populations often have greater needs for health care and fewer resources to pay for it, it is important to assess the demand for services. This paper takes an initial step in that direction by focusing upon the geographic distribution of elderly minority populations in the United States. The study is carried out at several spatial scales, and it is concluded that elderly minority populations tend to be even more segregated than their non-elderly counterparts."
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000569:Americas; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D008913:Minority Groups; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011287:Prejudice; D014481:United States
keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Americas; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Dependency Burden; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services; Microeconomic Factors; Minority Groups; Needs; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Segregation; Spatial Distribution; United States