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Nearly half of all American adults — 90 million people — have difficulty understanding and using health information, and there is a higher rate of hospitalization and use of emergency services among patients with such limited “health literacy,” states a report released April 8 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).

Health ‘illiteracy’ may cause disparities in care