Health literacy in patients attending a University Hospital;Alfabetizacion en salud en pacientes que asisten a un Hospital Universitario

Medicina

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 631-634

  Konfino, Jonatan ^a   Mejia, Raul ^a   Majdalani, Maria Pia ^a   Perez Stable, Eliseo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; READING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; ARGENTINA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149123445     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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