Results of the process of implementation of ISO 7101 subclause 8.10.5 Health literacy in specialty consultations.

Objective: This quasi-experimental, non-randomized study described the process of implementing ISO 7101 subclause 8.10.5 Health literacy in specialty consultations, then determined the effects of implementation on patient general health literacy scores and perceptions of quality of care.

Measuring general health literacy using the HLS-Q12 in specialty consultations in Spain.

Background: General health literacy (general HL) affects both individual and population health on numerous levels, with low general HL leading to increased morbidity, poor health service utilization, and increased healthcare spending. This study calculated health literacy scores of a population attending specialty consultations in the community of Aragon, Spain. It further produced a sociodemographic profile and examined the relationships between patients' scores and sociodemographic variables.

Analysis of the therapeutic effort and economic cost of the care provided to a group of hospitalized end-of-life patients.

Aim: There are social inequalities in access to health care that affect therapeutic effort. The aim of the present study was to determine whether there are differences in expenditure according to days of admission and tests performed by age, sex and population of origin in patients at the end of life.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study, with review of clinical histories of terminally ill patients admitted to a hospital, recruited on the basis of the administration of transfusions, who underwent numerous tests and interventions during their last admission before death.

The effect of nurse health literacy interventions on patient health literacy scores in specialty consultations: a quasi-experimental study.

Background: Patient health literacy (HL) affects health and wellbeing on both individual and population levels. The ability to receive, understand, manage and act upon health information can be positively influenced by nurses' use of HL strategies. This study examined the relationship between nurses' use of a HL checklist (intervention) and before and after patient HL scores, and the effects of frequency and types of strategies used in specialty consultations in Spain.