2012-05-10T18:07:50Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/h/haas_ann_c.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR752.html 2010-07-28T10:31:00Z 2010-07-28T10:31:00Z

Presents results of the Adverse Event Reporting System Survey from 2005 and 2009.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000124.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skills in reading, listing and numeracy may affect the risk of coronary heart disease.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100217.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This article describes the performance of hospitals' adverse-event reporting systems and the effects of national patient-safety initiatives, including the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100201.html 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

All literacy skills are significantly associated with patients' self-advocacy when examined in isolation, but greater speaking and listening skills are significantly associated with better patient advocacy when all four skills were examined together.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR240z20.html 2012-01-20T14:59:00Z 2012-01-20T14:59:00Z

This codebook covers the second wave of L.A.FANS. Fieldwork for the second wave took place between August 2006 and December 2008.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120001.html 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z 2012-02-01T12:00:00Z

Increases in reading skills and numeracy skills substantially increase the odds that an individual will quit smoking.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100180.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While reading and numeracy best represent overall literacy, patients' relative strengths may vary. Effective communication with patients should rely on both oral exchange and written health information, and not rely on a single literacy skill.