Economic considerations of health literacy

Nursing Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Pawlak, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NURSE'S ROLE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 27644559176     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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