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The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis

BACKGROUND: Poor health literacy affects over 90 million Americans. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate a possible association between health literacy and decision conflict in surgical patients. METHODS: Patients undergoing a diverse number of elective surgeries were enrolled in the study....

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Autores principales: De Oliveira, Gildasio S., Errea, Martin, Bialek, Jane, Kendall, Mark C., McCarthy, Robert J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3755-9