Health literacy and emergency department outcomes: A systematic review

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-345

  Herndon, Jill Boylston ^a   Chaney, Michelle ^a   Carden, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953216670     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.08.035     Document Type: Review

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