Consequences: Reading Skills Are Tied to a Longer, Healthier Life
| July 31, 2007 |  View for printing |
Older people who lack “health literacy” — that is, they cannot read and understand basic medical information — may be paying a high price. A new study finds that they appear to have a higher mortality rate than more-literate patients.
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
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