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Functional Health Literacy and the Risk of Hospital Admission Among Medicare Managed Care Enrollees
American Journal of Public Health · 2002 · Vol. 92(8) · pp. 1278–1283
David W. Baker✉(MetroHealth Medical Center)Julie A. Gazmararian(MetroHealth Medical Center)Mark V. Williams(MetroHealth Medical Center)Tracy Scott(MetroHealth Medical Center)Ruth M. Parker(MetroHealth Medical Center)Diane Green(MetroHealth Medical Center)Junling Ren(MetroHealth Medical Center)Jennifer L. Peel(MetroHealth Medical Center)
Abstract
Inadequate literacy was an independent risk factor for hospital admission among elderly managed care enrollees.
Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityChronic Disease Management StrategiesHealth disparities and outcomesMedicineHealth literacyLiteracyRelative riskManaged careConfidence intervalRisk factorCohort studyProspective cohort studyMultivariate analysis
MeSH terms
AgedEducational StatusEthnicityFemaleHealth EducationMedicareHospitalsHumansInterviews as TopicMaleManaged Care ProgramsPatient AdmissionRisk FactorsUnited StatesUrban Health
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- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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