TY - JOUR
T1 - Recognizing and overcoming inadequate health literacy, a barrier to care
AU - Williams, Mark V.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Health literacy-the ability to understand and act on health information - is essential for high-quality care. Many people, especially the elderly, who bear the greatest burden of disease, have inadequate health literacy. This adversely affects their quality of care, and places increased cost burdens on society. Learning to recognize when a patient may have low literacy skills and understanding the common ways in which these people misinterpret medical information can help physicians develop strategies to improve patients' health literacy.
AB - Health literacy-the ability to understand and act on health information - is essential for high-quality care. Many people, especially the elderly, who bear the greatest burden of disease, have inadequate health literacy. This adversely affects their quality of care, and places increased cost burdens on society. Learning to recognize when a patient may have low literacy skills and understanding the common ways in which these people misinterpret medical information can help physicians develop strategies to improve patients' health literacy.
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U2 - 10.3949/ccjm.69.5.415
DO - 10.3949/ccjm.69.5.415
M3 - Article
C2 - 12022385
AN - SCOPUS:0036075957
SN - 0891-1150
VL - 69
SP - 415
EP - 418
JO - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
IS - 5
ER -