Estimating health literacy in family medicine clinics in metropolitan Detroit: A metronet study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 566-570

  Schwartz, Kendra L ^a   Bartoces, Monina ^a   Campbell Voytal, Kimberly ^a   West, Patricia ^c   Monsur, Joseph ^b   Sartor, Ashleigh ^d   Neale, Anne Victoria ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St John Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^d Altitude Family and Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Primary health care; Urban health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHARMACY; PUBLICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SHORT TEST OF FUNCTIONAL HEALTH LITERACY FOR ADULT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH LITERACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883673450     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.05.130052     Document Type: Article

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