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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06468-3 |