Sally: Try the following, provided by Dr. Paul Smith, Univ of Wisconsin.

Based on 2003 data, this publication estimates the cost to the US annually
for low health literacy at $106-238 BILLION......

http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/departments/healthpolicy/chsrp/downloads/
LowHealthLiteracyReport10_4_07.pdf

Howard

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On Thu, March 27, 2008 10:41 am, sally sandy wrote:

> Can anyone point me to a source where I can access the amount that low

> level literacy "costs" in terms of health care dollars per year. In other

> words, how much is spent in the US on health care that is directly

> attributable to low level literacy.  Next, where can I find this number

> broken down state by state?

>

>   Sally Sandy

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