Low literacy is associated with increased risk of hospitalization and death among individuals with heart failure.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on March 12, 2013

Authors

Jia-Rong Wu1, George M Holmes, Darren A DeWalt, Aurelia Macabasco-O'Connell, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Bernice Ruo, David W Baker, Dean Schillinger, Morris Weinberger, Kimberly A Broucksou, Brian Erman, Christine D Jones, Crystal W Cene, Michael Pignone

Author Affiliations

1: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460, USA. jiarongw@email.unc.edu

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