Racial-Ethnic Differences in Care Networks of Older Adults: Empirical Exploration of Possible Explanations.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research on eldercare among minority populations often highlights the role of values, beliefs, and social expectations, placing greater emphasis on ideational factors than on sociostructural and health factors in explaining racial-ethnic differences in care arrangements. This study aims to describe the extent to which care received by older adults varies by race-ethnicity and to explore possible explanations for these variations using the behavioral model of health care use.

Methods

Data were sourced from the 2018 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), a nationally representative survey of Medicare beneficiaries aged 68 and older. Latent class analyses were used to develop a care network typology with combinations of care from different sources.

SUBMITTER: Lin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12079420 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature