title: Why are older Floridians exceptional?
abstract: Why do older Floridians have higher utilization of health care and live longer than other older Americans? Higher health care use among Florida's older residents is likely related to housing patterns, marital status, health insurance coverage, and ethnic composition. Lower mortality is unlikely a result of lifestyle factors or labor-force participation rates but may be associated with usage of preventive health care services. These indicators suggest that attention needs to be paid to health behavior and social support networks.
authors.affiliation: Florida State University's Pepper Institute on Aging, Tallahassee, USA. jquadagn@coss.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quadagno
mesh_terms: D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009026:Mortality; D012944:Social Support