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

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 fa...

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Main Authors: Candace D. McNaughton, Courtney Cawthon, Sunil Kripalani, Dandan Liu, Alan B. Storrow, Christianne L. Roumie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
health literacy
health services research
heart failure
mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001799

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https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001799

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