Design and preliminary evaluation of a newly designed patient-friendly discharge letter – a randomized, controlled participant-blind trial

Abstract Background Low health literacy has been associated with poor health outcome and impaired use of healthcare services. The hospital discharge letter represents a key source of medical information for patients and can be used to address the problem of low health literacy. The aim of this proje...

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Main Authors: Christian Smolle, Christine Maria Schwarz, Magdalena Hoffmann, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Gerald Sendlhofer, Gernot Brunner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06468-3