The impact of low health literacy on the medical costs of Medicare managed care enrollees

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.010 Byline: David H. Howard (a), Julie Gazmararian (b), Ruth M. Parker (c) Keywords: Cost; Cost analysis; Health expenditures; Health knowledge; Patient education Abstract: To examine the impact of low health literacy on medical care use and costs. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Health Policy and Management (b) Emory Center on Health Outcomes and Quality, Rollins School of Public Health (c) Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University. Article History: Received 23 April 2004; Revised 21 September 2004; Accepted 21 September 2004 Article Note: (footnote) This work was supported by an unrestricted grant from Pfizer.