Assessment of the Readability of Online Patient Education Material from Major Geriatric Associations.

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)

PEMs from geriatric association websites are written above the recommended 6th GRL. As patients increasingly look toward online supplementary health information during COVID-19, there is an opportunity for improving PEMs to enable greater comprehension by the target population.

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