Variation in estimates of limited ealth Literacy by Assessment Instruments and Non-Response Bias

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 675-681

  Griffin, Joan M ^a,b   Partin, Melissa R ^a,b   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a,b   Grill, Joseph P ^a   Saha, Somnath ^c   Snyder, Annamay ^a   Nugent, Sean ^a   Baines Simon, Alisha ^a   Gralnek, Ian ^d   Provenzale, Dawn ^e   Van Ryn, Michelle ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health literacy; measurement; non response bias; prevalence; REALM; S TOFHLA; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONRESPONSE BIAS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKILL; TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY; THE RAPID ESTIMATE OF ADULT LITERACY IN MEDICINE; VETERAN;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77954382986     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1304-2     Document Type: Article

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