David W. Baker|Julie A. Gazmararian|Mark Williams|Tracy Scott|Ruth M. Parker|Diane Green|Junling Ren|Jennifer L. Peel
Functional Health Literacy and the Risk of Hospital Admission Among Medicare Managed Care Enrollees
MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University|MetroHealth Medical Center|Case Western Reserve University
study analyzed whether inadequate functional health literacy independent risk factor hospital admissionwe studied prospective cohort 3260 medicare managed care enrolleesof participants 295 hospitalized crude relative risk rr hospitalization higher individuals inadequate literacy n 800 rr 143 95 confidence interval ci 124 165 marginal literacy n 366 rr 133 95 ci 109 161 adequate literacy n 2094 multivariate analysis adjusted relative risk hospital admission 129 95 ci 107 155 individuals inadequate literacy 121 95 ci 097 150 marginal literacyinadequate literacy independent risk factor hospital admission among elderly managed care enrollees