Relationship of literacy and heart failure in adults with diabetes

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Laramee, Ann S ^a,b   Morris, Nancy ^b   Littenberg, Benjamin ^b,c  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; READING; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; VERMONT;

EID: 34447313383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-98     Document Type: Article

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