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Health Literacy and Mortality: A Cohort Study of Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: More than 30% of patients hospitalized for heart failure are rehospitalized or die within 90 days of discharge. Lower health literacy is associated with mortality among outpatients with chronic heart failure; little is known about this relationship after hospitalization for acute heart f...

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Autores principales: McNaughton, Candace D, Cawthon, Courtney, Kripalani, Sunil, Liu, Dandan, Storrow, Alan B, Roumie, Christianne L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4599411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25926328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001799