Health literacy and English language comprehension among elderly inpatients at an urban safety-net hospital

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-50

  Cordasco, Kristina M ^a   Asch, Steven M ^a   Franco, Idalid ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 67651213940     PISSN: 10793739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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