Limited health literacy is a barrier to medication reconciliation in ambulatory care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1523-1526

  Persell, Stephen D ^a   Osborn, Chandra Y ^a   Richard, Robert ^b   Skripkauskas, Silvia ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cherry Street Health Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health literacy; Hypertension; Knowledge; Medication adherence; Medication reconciliation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; READING; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 35248848278     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0334-x     Document Type: Article

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