Acute myocardial infarction length of stay and hospital mortality are not associated with language preference

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-194

  Grubbs, Vanessa ^a   Bibbins Domingo, Kirsten ^a   Fernandez, Alicia ^a   Chattopadhyay, Arpita ^a   Bindman, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Language barrier; Language preference; Limited English proficient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 39149099512     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0459-y     Document Type: Article

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