Health literacy and the risk of hospital admission

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 791-798

  Baker, David W ^a   Parker, Ruth M ^b   Williams, Mark V ^b   Clark, W Scott ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Hospitalization; Patient admission; Patient readmission; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032417122     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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