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Outcomes of low levels of health literacy also include relative expenditures on health services. Because individuals with low health literacy are more likely to have adverse health statuses, their use of health services is also increased. [47] This trend is compounded by other risk factors of low health literacy, including poverty. [48]
Health literacy isn’t the same thing as reading literacy; 90 million Americans are considered to have low health literacy, Dr. Michelle Gourdine, chief medical officer at CVS Caremark, ...
Patients with low health literacy, inadequate financial resources to afford expensive medications or treatments, and ethnic groups traditionally subject to healthcare inequities may also be deselected by providers seeking improved performance measures. [44]
Health literacy is the ability for a patient to understand health information and how to manage their health by following instructions from their provider. [44] People with low health literacy are less likely to have health screening and seek preventative healthcare services, putting them at risk for having a poorer health status and ...
The Institute of Medicine (2004) report found low health literacy levels negatively affects healthcare outcomes. [134] In particular, these patients have a higher risk of hospitalization and longer hospital stays, are less likely to comply with treatment, are more likely to make errors with medication, [135] and are more ill when they seek ...
Americans’ outlook on the quality of health care in the U.S. is at a 24-year low, according to a new survey. The Gallup poll, released Friday, shows 33 percent of U.S. adults said the quality of ...
Compared to other OECD countries, U.S. healthcare costs are one-third higher or more relative to the size of the economy (GDP). [2] According to the CDC, during 2015, health expenditures per-person were nearly $10,000 on average, with total expenditures of $3.2 trillion or 17.8% of GDP. [3]
Costs per stay increased 47% since 1997, averaging $10,000 in 2011 (equivalent to $13,544 in 2023 [31]). [132] As of 2008, public spending accounts for between 45% and 56% of US healthcare spending. [133] Surgical, injury, and maternal and neonatal health hospital visit costs increased by more than 2% each year from 2003–2011.