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Health Literacy and Numeracy
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To the Editor: Dr Gazmararian and colleagues1 identified problems in numeracy, the ability to understand basic mathematical concepts, and health literacy among managed care enrollees. Such problems may not be limited to patients. We assessed numeracy in a convenience sample of 24 physicians, 4 nurses, 12 doctorate faculty, and 5 medical students attending a grand rounds. Numeracy was assessed with the following written questions: (1) Imagine that we flip a fair coin 1000 times. What is your best guess about how many times the coin would come up heads in 1000 flips? (answer: 500 times); (2) In a lottery, the chance of winning a $10 prize is 1%. What is your best guess about how many people would win a $10 prize if 1000 people each buy a single ticket for the lottery? (answer: 10 persons); (3) In ACME sweepstakes, the chance of winning a car is 1 in 1000. . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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