Gaps in understanding health and engagement with healthcare providers across common long-term conditions: A population survey of health literacy in 29 473 Danish citizens

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Friis, Karina ^a   Lasgaard, Mathias ^a,b   Osborne, Richard H ^c   Maindal, Helle T ^d  

^a Public Health and Quality Improvement   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960385434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009627     Document Type: Review

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