title: Health literacy: a hidden and critical challenge to effective health care.
authors.affiliation: Partnership for Clear Health Communication, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: DeBuono
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006266:Health Education; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D014481:United States