Relationship of health literacy to intentional and unintentional non-adherence of hospital discharge medications

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-178

  Lindquist, Lee A ^a   Go, Lise ^a   Fleisher, Jori ^b   Jain, Nelia ^a   Friesema, Elisha ^a   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Discharge instructions; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84856730954     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1886-3     Document Type: Article

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