A Low-Literacy Medication Education Tool for Safety-Net Hospital Patients

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Cordasco, Kristina M ^a,b   Asch, Steven M ^a,b   Bell, Doug S ^b   Guterman, Jeffrey J ^b,d   Gross Schulman, Sandra ^d   Ramer, Lois ^e   Elkayam, Uri ^e,f   Franco, Idalid ^b   Leatherwood, Cianna L ^b   Mangione, Carol M ^b,c  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SELF REPORT; TOOL USE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 71849116176     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.08.018     Document Type: Article

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