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Editorial
. 2016 May;31(5):455-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-016-3658-6.

Promoting Health Literacy to Prevent Hospital Readmissions: Necessary but not Sufficient

Michael S Wolf  1 , Bruce L Lambert  2 , John Hickner  3
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Editorial

Promoting Health Literacy to Prevent Hospital Readmissions: Necessary but not Sufficient

Michael S Wolf et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 May.
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