Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 488-493

  Marvanova, Marketa ^a   Roumie, Christianne L ^b,c   Eden, Svetlana K ^b   Cawthon, Courtney ^b   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^d,e   Kripalani, Sunil ^b  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clinical Research Center of Excellence (CRCoE)   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION UNDERSTANDING; MEDICATION UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 82955247890     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.925     Document Type: Article

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