Evaluating the costs of bridging language barriers in health care

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Hornberger, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Health care; Language barriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041038844     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0726     Document Type: Article

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