Promoting Health Literacy to Prevent Hospital Readmissions: Necessary but not Sufficient

J Gen Intern Med. 2016 May;31(5):455-7. doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3658-6.

Authors

Michael S Wolf¹, Bruce L Lambert², John Hickner³

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
² Center for Communication and Health, School of Communications, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
³ Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 1919 W Taylor, Rm 196, MC 663, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. [email protected].

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Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Health Literacy*
Humans
Patient Readmission*

Grants and funding

P30 CA060553/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States