Health literacy profile of recently hospitalised patients in the private hospital setting: a cross sectional survey using the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)

• Main Authors: Allison Bourne (Author), Shehzaad Peerbux (Author), Rebecca Jessup (Author), Margaret Staples (Author), Alison Beauchamp (Author), Rachelle Buchbinder (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Health service providers should understand and attend to the health literacy needs of their population in view of the known association between low health literacy and poorer health outcomes. This study aimed to determine the health literacy profile of patients treated at a large...