Time, costs, and clinical utilization of screening for health literacy: A case study using the newest vital sign (NVS) instrument

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-289

  Welch, Verna L ^a   VanGeest, Jonathan B ^b   Caskey, Rachel ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Primary health care; Quality improvement; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MASS SCREENING; NEWEST VITAL SIGN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SELF REPORT; TIME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 79955876110     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.03.100212     Document Type: Article

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