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

@article{citeulike:4032928, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed whether inadequate functional health literacy is an independent risk factor for hospital admission. METHODS: We studied a prospective cohort of 3260 Medicare managed care enrollees. RESULTS: Of the participants, 29.5\% were hospitalized. The crude relative risk (RR) of hospitalization was higher for individuals with inadequate literacy (n = 800; RR = 1.43; 95\% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 1.65) and marginal literacy (n = 366; RR = 1.33; 95\% CI = 1.09, 1.61) than for those with adequate literacy (n = 2094). In multivariate analysis, the adjusted relative risk of hospital admission was 1.29 (95\% CI = 1.07, 1.55) for individuals with inadequate literacy and 1.21 (95\% CI = 0.97, 1.50) for those with marginal literacy. CONCLUSIONS: Inadequate literacy was an independent risk factor for hospital admission among elderly managed care enrollees.}, author = {Baker, D. W. and Gazmararian, J. A. and Williams, M. V. and Scott, T. and Parker, R. M. and Green, D. and Ren, J. and Peel, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {4032928}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12144984}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12144984}, issn = {0090-0036}, journal = {American journal of public health}, keywords = {attendance, functional, health, hospitalization, literacy}, month = {August}, number = {8}, pages = {1278--1283}, posted-at = {2009-02-11 09:05:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12144984}, volume = {92}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4032928 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4032928 N2 - OBJECTIVES: This study analyzed whether inadequate functional health literacy is an independent risk factor for hospital admission. METHODS: We studied a prospective cohort of 3260 Medicare managed care enrollees. RESULTS: Of the participants, 29.5% were hospitalized. The crude relative risk (RR) of hospitalization was higher for individuals with inadequate literacy (n = 800; RR = 1.43; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 1.65) and marginal literacy (n = 366; RR = 1.33; 95% CI = 1.09, 1.61) than for those with adequate literacy (n = 2094). In multivariate analysis, the adjusted relative risk of hospital admission was 1.29 (95% CI = 1.07, 1.55) for individuals with inadequate literacy and 1.21 (95% CI = 0.97, 1.50) for those with marginal literacy. CONCLUSIONS: Inadequate literacy was an independent risk factor for hospital admission among elderly managed care enrollees. IS - 8 JF - American journal of public health SN - 0090-0036 EP - 1283 TI - Functional health literacy and the risk of hospital admission among Medicare managed care enrollees. VL - 92 SP - 1278 KW - attendance KW - functional KW - health KW - hospitalization KW - literacy AU - Baker, DW AU - Gazmararian, JA AU - Williams, MV AU - Scott, T AU - Parker, RM AU - Green, D AU - Ren, J AU - Peel, J PY - 2002/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12144984 ER -