Health literacy and outcomes among patients with heart failure

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1695-1701

  Peterson, Pamela N ^a,b,c,d   Shetterly, Susan M ^b,d   Clarke, Christina L ^b,d   Bekelman, David B ^c,d,e   Chan, Paul S ^f   Allen, Larry A ^c,d   Matlock, Daniel D ^c,d   Magid, David J ^b,c,d   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Colorado Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium ^*  (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955376345     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.512     Document Type: Article

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