Associations of health literacy with dialysis adherence and health resource utilization in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Green, Jamie A ^a   Mor, Maria K ^b,c   Shields, Anne Marie ^b   Sevick, Mary Ann ^b,d   Arnold, Robert M ^d,e   Palevsky, Paul M ^b,d   Fine, Michael J ^b,d   Weisbord, Steven D ^b,d  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; hemodialysis; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84879414464     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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