Achieving quality in health care through language access services: Lessons from a California public hospital

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Karliner, Leah S ^a   Mutha, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language services; Limited English proficiency; Organizational change; Public hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 73949141558     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609351237     Document Type: Article

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