Health literacy, cognitive abilities, and mortality among elderly persons

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 723-726

  Baker, David W ^a,b,c   Wolf, Michael S ^a,b   Feinglass, Joseph ^a,b   Thompson, Jason A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Elderly; Health literacy; Mortality; Skills

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43949120732     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0566-4     Document Type: Article

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