Association between health literacy and medical care costs in an integrated healthcare system: a regional population based study

Haun, Jolie; Patel, Nitin; D. French, Dustin; R. Campbell, Robert; D. Bradham, Douglas; A. Lapcevic, William

doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0887-z

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Association between health literacy and medical care costs in an integrated healthcare system: a regional population based study

Published in BMC Health Services Research • Jun 25, 2015

Authors:

Jolie Haun

Nitin Patel

Dustin D. French

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Low health literacy is associated with higher health care utilization and costs; however, no large-scale studies have demonstrated this in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This research evaluated the association between veterans' health literacy and their subsequent VHA health c...

Subject

Medicine

Health literacy

Health administration

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