Development and validation of a short-form, Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1026-1033

  Arozullah, Ahsan M ^a,b,g   Yarnold, Paul R ^c   Bennett, Charles L ^a,c,g   Soltysik, Robert C ^a,g   Wolf, Michael S ^c   Ferreira, Rosario M ^a,c,g   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^d   Costello, Stacey ^a,g   Shakir, Adil ^a,g   Denwood, Caroline ^a,g   Bryant, Fred B ^e   Davis, Terry ^f  

^a JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^g Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Socioeconomic factors; Survey research; Underserved population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349059603     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180616c1b     Document Type: Article

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