The impact of low health literacy on the medical costs of Medicare managed care enrollees

Nursing students’ perspectives regarding challenges of patient education in clinical settings

“…36 percent of the adults in the U.S. have low health literacy, and among them, the elderly, the minorities, non-English speakers, the undereducated and individuals with a low social or economical status are more likely to suffer from poor health literacy 3 . Patients with poor health literacy are less capable at fully understanding medical instructions, taking preventive measures and controlling their chronic diseases, and, consequently, visit their doctors and are hospitalized more 7,8 . Since the number of people affected by chronic diseases is increasing, it is essential that healthcare personnel have the required knowledge and skills to help patients with poor health literacy.…”

Social capital and health literacy in Taiwan

“…Research during the past 15 years has shown that those with limited health literacy skills have higher health care costs [1], use health care services more frequently or improperly [2][3][4], have poor understanding of chronic disease [4,5], have barriers to fully understanding one's health, illness and treatment [6], cannot adherent to medication regimens [7][8][9], affect health behaviors [10], tend to be less capable of properly caring for themselves [11,12], and influence health status.…”

Review of Health Literacy and Nutrition-Related Research in the Middle East

“…Some research shows that health care providers may not be equipped to understand and deal with cultural differences, which may affect patient-provider communication in understanding seriousness of disease, management of disease, health status and treatment options [23]. Studies show evidence of a significant relationship between health literacy, health outcomes, health care utilization and health care spending [5,21]. …”