Low literacy is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death among individuals with heart failure

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1174-1180

  Wu, Jia Rong ^a   Holmes, George M ^a,b   Dewalt, Darren A ^a   Macabasco O'Connell, Aurelia ^c   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^d   Ruo, Bernice ^e   Baker, David W ^e   Schillinger, Dean ^d   Weinberger, Morris ^b   Broucksou, Kimberly A ^f   Erman, Brian ^a   Jones, Christine D ^a   Cene, Crystal W ^a   Pignone, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f V 306 Carolina Meadows   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; literacy; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEATH; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883157432     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2394-4     Document Type: Article

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