Health Care Services
Literacy and Health Outcomes
January 2004
Clinical Focus*
- Are literacy skills related to use of health care services? health outcomes? costs of health care? disparities in health outcomes or health care service use according to race, ethnicity, culture, or age?
- For individuals with low literacy skills, what are effective interventions to improve use of health care services? improve health outcomes? affect the costs of health care? improve health outcomes and/or health care service use among different racial, ethnic, cultural, or age groups?
*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.
Literacy and Health Outcomes
Summary (Publication No. 04-E007-1, January 2004)
Evidence Report (Publication No.04-E007-2, January 2004)
(PDF Files; Evidence Report File Download)
EPC: RTI International—University of North Carolina
Topic Nominator: American Medical Association
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