"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."

中文翻译：

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美国老年人口的地理分布

“由于少数群体对医疗保健的需求往往更大，而用于支付医疗保健的资源较少，因此评估服务需求很重要。本文朝这个方向迈出了第一步，重点关注老年少数群体在该地区的地理分布。美国。这项研究是在多个空间尺度上进行的，得出的结论是，老年少数族裔人口往往比非老年群体更加隔离。”