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Health Literacy and Health Service Use in Germany

Eva-Maria Berens, Dominique Vogt, Kristin Ganahl, Heide Weishaar, Jürgen M. Pelikan, Doris Schaeffer

HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice · 2018 · 37 citations · 17 references

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This study investigates the relationship between health literacy and health service use in Germany. The results show that health services are used more often by individuals with low health literacy. Thus, health professionals need to take low health literacy into account in their communication with patients. <b>[<i>HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice.</i> 2018;2(2):e115-e122.]</b>.

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