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The relationship between functional health literacy and the use of the health system by diabetics in Switzerland

Background: Observational studies from the USA have suggested that patients with low health literacy (HL) have higher health care costs and use an inefficient mix of health care services. To date, there were no studies from Europe that investigated the impact of HL on the use of the health system. T...

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Autores principales: Franzen, Jasmin, Mantwill, Sarah, Rapold, Roland, Schulz, Peter J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4245007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367063
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckt202