Anticoagulant Patient Information Material Is Written at High Readability Levels
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 31 (12) , 2966-2970
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.31.12.2966
Abstract
Background—Warfarin therapy requires frequent monitoring and dose adjustment. Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation, prior stroke, and lower literacy skills may have difficulty reading brochure...Keywords
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