Assessing health literacy to identify patients for pharmacist-provided counseling on high-risk medications

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1692-1693

  Brown, Victoria T ^a   LeBlanc, Yvonne C ^b   Efird, Leigh E ^a   Nesbit, Todd ^a   Wellman, Jessica C ^a   Feldman, Leonard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN GLARGINE; ISOPHANE INSULIN; LONG ACTING INSULIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH LITERACY; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80053083929     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: 15352900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp100692     Document Type: Letter

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