Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 206-212 , February 2009

Rehabilitation Consumers' Use and Understanding of Quality Information: A Health Literacy Perspective

Presented to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and American Society of Neurorehabilitation Joint Conference, October 3–7, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Susan Magasi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center on Outcomes, Research and Education, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Susan Magasi, PhD, Center for Outcomes, Research and Education, NorthShore University HealthSystems, 1001 University Place, Ste 100, Evanston, IL 60201
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  • Elizabeth Durkin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Health Literacy and Learning Program, Division of General Medicine and Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

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    Conceptual model of consumers' use and understanding of quality indicators to inform choice of rehabilitation facilities.

    Conceptual model of consumers' use and understanding of quality indicators to inform choice of rehabilitation facilities.

 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research through a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Measuring Rehabilitation Outcomes and Effectiveness (grant no. H133B040032).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)01601-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.023

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 206-212 , February 2009

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