Improving Health and the Bottom Line: The Case for Health Literacy

This 2018 book—published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine—summaries the proceedings of a workshop called Building the Case for Health Literacy. The book includes a section on the business case for health literacy, which presents research on the financial costs of low health literacy for individuals, the healthcare system, and the U.S. economy.


#FinancialCaseforOrganizationalHealthLiteracy

Organizational Systems and Policies
Topic
Financial Case for Organizational Health Literacy
Audience
Organizational Leaders and Administrators, Policymakers and Government Professionals
Setting
Hospitals and Health Systems, Health Plans and Insurance Organizations
Level
Applied