Only About 1 In 10 Adult Americans Are Health Literate
medicalnewstoday.com     May 17, 2008          

Just 12 percent of America's 228 million adults have the skills to manage their own health care proficiently, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research. These skills, known collectively as health literacy, describe people's person's ability to obtain and use... [read full story]                

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