Most American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Online Patient Education Material Exceeds Average Patient Reading Level

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 473, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1181-1186

  Eltorai, Adam E M ^a   Sharma, Pranav ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Daniels, Alan H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; INTERNET; ORTHOPEDICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; READING; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925492978     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-4071-2     Document Type: Article

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