Crystal-clear communication.
Consumers who understand health care information--medication directions, their physicians' guidance, package inserts, instructions provided over nurse advice lines, and Web sites--benefit in improved health status as a result. When patients don't understand--and can't act on--medical information and instructions, the impact on health and well-being can be devastating: poor control of diabetes, more hospitalizations and longer lengths of stay, improperly taken medications, and so on.
Kantor
Aileen
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PR Healthcare, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
D003142:Communication; D032882:Comprehension; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008484:Medicaid; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States