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Consumer & Patient Education and Shared-Decision Making (641) Personal Health Records, Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records, Patient Portals (543) eHealth Literacy / Digital Literacy (358)

Published on in Vol 16, No 8 (2014): August

Numeracy and Literacy Independently Predict Patients’ Ability to Identify Out-of-Range Test Results

Numeracy and Literacy Independently Predict Patients’ Ability to Identify Out-of-Range Test Results

Numeracy and Literacy Independently Predict Patients’ Ability to Identify Out-of-Range Test Results

Authors of this article:

Brian J Zikmund-Fisher1, 2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicole L Exe3 Author Orcid Image ;   Holly O Witteman5, 6, 7 Author Orcid Image
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