Racial Differences in Perceptions of Access to Health Care among the Elderly Book

	List of Tables
	List of Figures
Ch. I	Introduction	3
Ch. II	Background and Significance	9
	Use of Health Care Services by Older Americans	9
	Racial Differences in Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services	10
	Theoretical Background in Access To and Utilization of Medical Care	14
	Models of Physician Utilization	18
	Review of Empirical Literature on the Application of the Andersen Model to the Study of the Use of Physician Services by the Elderly	22
Ch. III	Conceptual Model and Hypotheses	37
	Conceptual Model	37
	Hypotheses	40
	Significance of the Study	47
Ch. IV	Research Design and Methodology	49
	Sample and Data Source	49
	Variable Definition	51
	Overview of Analysis Strategy	61
	Internal Validity	67
	External Validity	70
Ch. V	Findings	73
	Descriptive Statistics	73
	Analysis of the Determinants of Delay	83
	Analysis of the Use of Physician Visits	103
	Direct and Indirect Effects	117
Ch. IV	Conclusions	125
	Hypothesized Relationships and Findings	125
	Limitations of the Study	138
	Relationship of Findings to those of Earlier Studies and the Conceptual Model	139
	Generalizability of the Findings	143
	Implications for Policy	144
	Conclusions	145
Appendix	Rationale Behind Hypothesized Effects in Table 3.5	147
	References	151
	Index	165