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Understanding Medicare: Hearing Loss and Health Literacy
Amber Willink, Nicholas Simon Reed. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020-08-03
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Plain-language summary
Medicare beneficiaries with a little or a lot of trouble hearing had 18% (95% confidence interval [CI] odds ratio [OR] = 1.10-1.27) and 25% (95% CI OR = 1.07-1.47) increased odds of reporting greater difficulty with understanding Medicare, respectively, compared with those with no hearing trouble. About one in five Medicare beneficiaries with hearing loss identified that their hearing made it difficult to find Medicare information. The existing tools to support Medicare beneficiaries' understanding and navigation of the program must evolve to meet the needs of those with hearing loss, a highly prevalent condition among Medicare beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:2336-2342, 2020.
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APA 7th
Willink, A., & Reed, N. S. (2020). Understanding Medicare: Hearing Loss and Health Literacy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16705
Vancouver
Willink A, Reed NS. Understanding Medicare: Hearing Loss and Health Literacy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2020. doi:10.1111/jgs.16705. PMID: 32744734.
BibTeX
@article{willink2020-32744734,
author = {Willink, Amber and Reed, Nicholas Simon},
title = {{Understanding Medicare: Hearing Loss and Health Literacy}},
journal = {Journal of the American Geriatrics Society},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1111/jgs.16705},
pmid = {32744734},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16705}
}
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Key findings
- Medicare beneficiaries with a little or a lot of trouble hearing had 18% (95% confidence interval [CI] odds ratio [OR] = 1.10-1.27) and 25% (95% CI OR = 1.07-1.47) increased odds of reporting greater difficulty with understanding Medicare, respectively, compared with those with no hearing trouble.
- About one in five Medicare beneficiaries with hearing loss identified that their hearing made it difficult to find Medicare information.
- The existing tools to support Medicare beneficiaries' understanding and navigation of the program must evolve to meet the needs of those with hearing loss, a highly prevalent condition among Medicare beneficiaries.
Why it matters
This study found that Medicare beneficiaries with hearing trouble had greater difficulty understanding Medicare. It provides no information about treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Participants10,510
- Effect sizeOR = 1.07-1.47
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 54/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society) |
| Journal's citation record | 3 / 4 | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: journal h-index 344 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 4 / 4 | 10,510 participants |
| Effect reported | 3 / 3 | Effect reported with a statistic (interval, p-value, ratio or similar) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 3 / 7 | Cited 17 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 1 / 5 | 2.1 citations a year over 8 year(s) since 2020 |
| Impact for its field and year | 2 / 6 | Cited 1.1× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 8 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 3 / 4 | Last-listed author Nicholas Simon Reed: h-index 51 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | Johns Hopkins University: institution h-index 2,306 (OpenAlex) |
| Multicenter collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 2 countries |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 32744734) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 54 / 100 | — |
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