Multicenter study of limited health literacy in emergency department patients

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 577-580

  Ginde, Adit A ^a,b   Weiner, Scott G ^c   Pallin, Daniel J ^d   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Disparities; Emergency medicine; Literacy; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 52149093480     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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