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Health Literacy and Urbanicity Among Cancer Patients
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low health literacy associated inadequate health care utilization poor health outcomes particularly among elderly persons dearth research exploring relationship health literacy place residence urbanicity study examined association urbanicity health literacy well factors related low health literacy among cancer patientsa crosssectional survey conducted populationbased sample 1841 cancer patients wisconsin data sociodemographics urbanicity clinical characteristics insurance status health literacy obtained states cancer registry participants answers mailed questionnaire partially fully adjusted multivariate logistic regression models fitted examine 1 association urbanicity health literacy 2 role socioeconomic status possible mediator relationshiprural cancer patients 33 95 ci 106167 higher odds lower levels health literacy counterparts urban areas wisconsin association urbanicity health literacy attenuated controlling socioeconomic statuslevel urbanicity significantly related health literacy socioeconomic status fully mediated relationship urbanicity health literacy results call policies interventions assess address health literacy barriers among cancer patients rural areas