Identifying elderly at greatest risk of inadequate health literacy: A predictive model for population-health decision makers

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-85

  Miller, Michael J ^a   Degenholtz, Howard B ^b   Gazmararian, Julie A ^c   Lin, Chyongchiou Jeng ^d   Ricci, Edmund M ^b   Sereika, Susan M ^e  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional health literacy; Health literacy; Literacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847624542     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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