Health Literacy and Child Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of the Literature

A systematic literature review by DeWalt et al (2004) which assesses the link between literacy levels and health outcomes. The authors reviewed 44 articles, finding that patients with low literacy were generally 1.5 to 3 times more likely to experience a poor outcome.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.40153.x/abstract

communication, health outcomes, literacy, literature review, review, United States

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