In search of 'low health literacy': Threshold vs. gradient effect of literacy on health status and mortality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1335-1341

  Wolf, Michael S ^a   Feinglass, Joseph ^a   Thompson, Jason ^a   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health literacy; Health status; Measurement; Mental health; Mortality; Physical function; Reading ability; USA

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; LITERACY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THRESHOLD;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950919665     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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