Asthma patients' assessments of health care and medical decision making: The role of health literacy

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-44

  Mancuso, Carol ^a,b   Rincon, Melina ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Decision making; Health literacy; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745253765     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500447052     Document Type: Article

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