Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults.

Marketa Marvanova; Christianne L. Roumie; Svetlana K. Eden; Courtney Cawthon; Jeffrey L. Schnipper; Sunil Kripalani

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Health literacy and medication understanding among hospitalized adults.

December 21, 2011

Marvanova M, Roumie CL, Eden SK, et al. J Hosp Med. 2011;6(9):488-93.

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Lower health literacy, cognitive impairment, and polypharmacy were all associated with lower understanding of medication purpose and dosing, in this study conducted at two teaching hospitals.

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