How can health literacy influence outcomes in heart failure patients? mechanisms and interventions

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-243

  Westlake, Cheryl ^a   Sethares, Kristen ^b   Davidson, Patricia ^c,d  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Health outcomes; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881475354     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-013-0147-7     Document Type: Article

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