Effect of standardized, patient-centered label instructions to improve comprehension of prescription drug use

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-100

  Wolf, Michael S ^a,b   Davis, Terry C ^c   Curtis, Laura M ^a   Webb, Jennifer A ^a   Bailey, Stacy Cooper ^a   Shrank, William H ^d   Lindquist, Lee ^a   Ruo, Bernice ^a   Bocchini, Mary V ^c   Parker, Ruth M ^e   Wood, Alastair J J ^f,g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Symphony Capital LLC   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; health literacy; labels; medication; patient; prescription; safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650706138     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f38174     Document Type: Article

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