Brief Report: Resident recognition of low literacy as a risk factor in hospital readmission

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1042-1044

  Powell, Caroline K ^a,c   Kripalani, Sunil ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Center for Health Care Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Hospital readmission; Medical education; Patient education; Residency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LANGUAGE ARTS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 28444462515     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0220.x     Document Type: Article

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