When I tried the link, the URL was not found.  Perhaps you will be able to
find it using the citation included by Dr. Smith in a presentation just this
week.  Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy.  Vernon,
J., Trujillo, A., Rosenbaum, S. & DeBuono, B. (2007).

Unfortunately, the journal, site or database for this article was not
provided, but I expect you can find it by the authors. 

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[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of sally sandy
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:38 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1885] Re: Health Care Costs

 

Howard-

 

Thanks tons for this link. It is most certainly newer data than most of the
other that I could find. I have been using the 70 billion figure, but assumed
that that had increased substantially, as your site indicates. Now, if I
could just get numbers for Missouri.....

 

Sally Sandy

Director

Parkway Adult Education and Literacy

St. Louis. M0.

314-415-4943
www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/ael
"Zeitz, Howard" <hzeitz at uic.edu> wrote:

	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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