Most hospital patients lack the reading skills necessary to understand the summaries of their conditions and instructions they’re given before going home.

A new study published in the American Journal of Surgery found that nearly two-thirds of trauma patients surveyed had functional reading levels below what their discharge summaries required for full comprehension.

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