The association between functional health literacy and patient-reported recall of medications at outpatient pharmacies

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-354

  Backes, Andrea C ^a   Kuo, Grace M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Medication use; Outpatient; Recall

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 84864321910     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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