Health literacy of recently hospitalised patients: a cross-sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-12

  Jessup, Rebecca L ^a,b   Osborne, Richard H ^a   Beauchamp, Alison ^a   Bourne, Allison ^b,c   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Equity; Health literacy; Hospitalisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EFFECT SIZE; EMERGENCY WARD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VICTORIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNET; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009957202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1973-6     Document Type: Article

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