Effect of Health Literacy on Decision-Making Preferences among Medically Underserved Patients

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 550-556

  Seo, Joann ^a   Goodman, Melody S ^a   Politi, Mary ^a   Blanchard, Melvin ^a   Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

health literacy; medically underserved patients; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MEDICINE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84964068566     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X16632197     Document Type: Article

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