Readability of patient education materials available at the point of care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1165-1170

  Stossel, Lauren M ^a   Segar, Nora ^b   Gliatto, Peter ^a   Fallar, Robert ^c   Karani, Reena ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health literacy; Patient education materials; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; READING; UNITED STATES;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866930382     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2046-0     Document Type: Article

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