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Literacy and blood pressure – do healthcare systems influence this relationship? A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Limited literacy is common among patients with chronic conditions and is associated with poor health outcomes. We sought to determine the association between literacy and blood pressure in primary care patients with hypertension and to determine if this relationship was consistent across...

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Autores principales: Powers, Benjamin J, Olsen, Maren K, Oddone, Eugene Z, Thorpe, Carolyn T, Bosworth, Hayden B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-219