Literacy and language: disentangling measures of access, utilization, and quality
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Literacy and language: disentangling measures of access, utilization, and quality
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Health literacy and use of outpatient physician services by Medicare managed care enrollees.J Gen Intern Med. 2004 Mar;19(3):215-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.21130.x. J Gen Intern Med. 2004. PMID: 15009775 Free PMC article.
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The effect of English language proficiency on length of stay and in-hospital mortality.J Gen Intern Med. 2004 Mar;19(3):221-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.21205.x. J Gen Intern Med. 2004. PMID: 15009776 Free PMC article.
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