Health literacy implications for health care reform : workshop summary

Health literacy implications for health care reform : workshop summary / Theresa Wizemann, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Health literacy is the degree to which one can understand and make decisions based on health information. Nearly 90 million adults in the United States have limited health literacy. While poor health literacy spans all demographics, rates of low health literacy are disproportionately higher among th...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Other Authors: Wizemann, Theresa M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Health literacy > United States > Congresses.
Communication in medicine > Congresses.
Consumer-driven health insurance > United States > Congresses.
Literacy > United States > Congresses.
Health care reform > United States > Congresses.
Health literacy.
Health care reform.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
Communication in medicine
Consumer-driven health insurance
Health care reform
Health literacy
Literacy
United States
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Health literacy and health care reform
  • Opportunities and challenges for individuals under the ACA
  • Opportunities and challenges for those implementing the ACA
  • How can health literacy facilitate health care reform?

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