Health literacy and mortality: a cohort study of patients hospitalized for acute heart failure.
AUTHORS
- PMID: 25926328 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
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 failure.
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 failure.
Tags: Alumni Publications 2015