Table 4. Changes in levels of health literacy and numeracy skills reported by patients 6 months after hospital discharge ^a .

	6 month postdischarge b
Outcome	Difference	95% CI
I feel uncomfortable with health information that has a lot of numbers c	−0.11	−0.29, 0.07
I depend on numbers and statistics to help me make decisions about my health	−0.01	−0.16, 0.14
I know how to take my medications	0.05	−0.02, 0.12
I can fill out medical forms	0.07	−0.01, 0.15
I frequently have someone help me read hospital material c	0.17 d	0.03, 0.30
I frequently have difficulty using written health information c	0.14 d	0.02, 0.26
n	639

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^aEstimates and confidence intervals are computed via mixed-effects adjusted linear regression models, using the answers to the admission survey and 6 months postdischarge survey and controlling for outpatient portal frequency of use and demographic characteristics.

^bCoefficients adjusted for outpatient portal frequency of use and patient demographics characteristics.

^cItem was reverse coded.

^dp  < 0.05.