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Low health literacy increases patients' chance of death.

Publication: Healthcare Strategic Management
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Low health literacy increases patients' chance of death.(Research notes)

Article Excerpt
People with inadequate health literacy--or the inability to understand basic, health-related materials--are more likely to die, says a study printed in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

David Baker, MD, one of the authors of the study, told USA Today that he calls it the "Aha! moment," when a patient...

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