Developing predictive models of health literacy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1211-1216

  Martin, Laurie T ^a   Ruder, Teague ^a   Escarce, José J ^a   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^a   Sherman, Daniel ^b   Elliott, Marc ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^a   Fremont, Allen ^a   Gasper, Charles ^c   Culbert, Arthur ^c   Lurie, Nicole ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Missouri Foundation for Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Estimation; Health literacy; Multivariable model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; POVERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449535446     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1105-7     Document Type: Article

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