Associations Among Health Literacy, End-of-Life Care Expenditures, and Rurality.
Sylvia Kewei ShiPeiyin HungShi-Yi WangPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)
HL and EOL expenditures were inversely associated with urban America but unrelated to rural areas. Counties with HHL had constant expenditures regardless of rurality. Interventions targeting HL may help reduce EOL expenditures and rural-urban disparities in EOL care.