The Roles of Low Literacy and Social Support in Predicting the Preventability of Hospital Admission

BACKGROUND: Prior studies found higher hospitalization rates among patients with low literacy, but did not determine the preventability of these admissions or consider other determinants of hospitalization, such as social support. This study evaluated whether low literacy was a predictor for prevent...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2006-02, Vol.21 (2), p.140-145
Hauptverfasser:	Arozullah, Ahsan M., Lee, Shoou‐Yih D., Khan, Taha, Kurup, Sindhu, Ryan, Jeffrey, Bonner, Michael, Soltysik, Robert, Yarnold, Paul R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	health literacy hospital medicine Original preventable admission social support veterans
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