Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees.

By David W. Baker, J. Gazmararian, Mark V. Williams, Tracy L. Scott, Ruth Parker, D. Green, Junling Ren, J. Peel. American Journal of Public Health, 2002

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, General Health Professions

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