Abstract

Ineffective physician–patient communication at hospital discharge is associated with poor medical adherence, ineffective disease management, unplanned readmissions, and, in some cases, excess mortality. Although we know quite a lot about patients with low health literacy (i.e., ability to understand basic health information and make appropriate health decisions) in the outpatient setting, we know less about health literacy among hospitalized patients. To evaluate …

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