Promoting health care equity: Is health literacy a missing link?

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 897-903

  Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a   Wolf, Michael S ^a  

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Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN;

HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954514587     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01134.x     Document Type: Editorial

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