Health literacy: the gap between physicians and patients.

By R. Safeer, J. Keenan. American Family Physician, 2005

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Designing patient-centric information displays for hospitals (2010, background): “Since comprehension is crucial to continuity of care and adherence to a treatment plan, leaving the hospital without appropriate understanding of critical information has been correlated with poor health outcomes and repeat visits [19,20].”
How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making. (2009, unknown): “Thus, educational attainment does not ensure grade-level skills, and this is particularly true for mathematical skills (Doak & Doak, 1980; Kicklighter & Stein, 1993; McNeal, Salisbury, Baumgardner, & Wheeler, 1984; Rothman et al., 2006; Safeer & Keenan, 2005; Sentell & Halpin, 2006).”