Does numeracy correlate with measures of health literacy in the emergency department?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-153

  Griffey, Richard T ^a,d   Melson, Andrew T ^b   Lin, Margaret J ^c   Carpenter, Christopher R ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^d   Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^d  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893984811     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12310     Document Type: Article

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