The relationship between functional health literacy and adherence to emergency department discharge instructions among Spanish-speaking patients

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 521-527

  Smith, Patrick Carlsen ^a   Brice, Jane H ^b   Lee, James ^c  

^a Swedish Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Santa Clara Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Compliance; Emergency department; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84876187327     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30218-2     Document Type: Article

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