Association of health literacy with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Association of health literacy with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published October 2017

Association of health literacy with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.

Wright JP, Edwards GC, Goggins K, et al. JAMA Surg. 2017 Oct 4; [Epub ahead of print].

Patients' health literacy can have have profound safety implications. This retrospective study found that patients with low health literacy undergoing major abdominal surgery experienced a longer length of stay during the index hospitalization.

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