Exploring the impact of language services on utilization and clinical outcomes for diabetics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hacker, Karen ^a,b   Choi, Yoon Susan ^a   Trebino, Lisa ^a   Hicks, LeRoi ^c   Friedman, Elisa ^a   Blanchfield, Bonnie ^d   Gazelle, G Scott ^b,d  

^a Institute for Community Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861919230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038507     Document Type: Article

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