The impact of health and financial literacy on decision making in community-based older adults

Gerontology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-539

  James, Bryan D ^a,b   Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Bennett, Jarred S ^a   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Financial literacy; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84868601621     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339094     Document Type: Article

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