Health Literacy Is an Independent Predictor of Cancer Patients' Hospitalizations

BACKGROUND: Lower levels of health literacy predict higher hospitalization rates. Hospitalization is expensive and many admissions are potentially avoidable. Research examining the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes for cancer patients is limited, and no published studies to da...

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Autores principales: Cartwright, Laura A., Dumenci, Levent, Cassel, J. Brian, Thomson, Maria D., Matsuyama, Robin K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SLACK Incorporated 2017
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20170808-01

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31294261
http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20170808-01

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