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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]
Limited English proficiency is associated with poorer health outcomes among Latinos, Asian Americans, and other ethnic minorities in the United States. [9] Studies have found that women with LEP disproportionately fail to follow up on abnormal mammogram results, which may lead to increases in delayed diagnosis.
A case study from a supplement to the 2001 US Surgeon General’s report on mental health in America shows an example of low mental health literacy and/or fear of the stigma of mental illness: "An was a 30-year-old bilingual, Vietnamese male who was placed in involuntary psychiatric hold for psychotic disorganization.
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 ...
The health care system represents a social determinant of health as well as it influences other determining factors. People's access to health care, their experiences there, and the benefits they gain are closely related to other social determinants of health like income, gender, education, ethnicity, occupation, and more. [1]
The links between low health literacy and poor health outcomes has been widely documented [135] and there is evidence that some interventions to improve health literacy have produced successful results in the primary care setting.
The majority of high quality health services are distributed among the wealthy people in society, leaving those who are poor with limited options. In order to change this fact and move towards achieving health equity, it is essential that health care increases in areas or neighborhoods consisting of low socioeconomic families and individuals. [35]
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