Literacy levels of ophthalmic patient education materials

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-156

  Ebrahimzadeh, Hotosa ^a   Davalos, Ricardo ^a   Lee, Paul P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Ophthalmic educational materials; Reading level

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030825803     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(97)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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