TY  - JOUR
T1  - Reading is fundamental: The relationship between literacy and health
AU  - DeWalt DA, Pignone MP
Y1  - 2005/09/26
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.165.17.1943
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1943
EP  - 1944
VL  - 165
IS  - 17
N2  - 
Recent reports from the Institute of Medicine and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have brought increased attention to the association between literacy and health and the potential role of literacy in disparities in health care and health outcomes.1- 3 Investigations conducted mainly during the past 15 years have found that adults with low literacy generally have less health-related knowledge, manifest poorer control of their chronic illnesses, are less likely to receive preventive health services, and are more likely to be hospitalized.1

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.165.17.1943
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.17.1943
ER  -