Primary care utilization and mental health diagnoses among adult patients requiring interpreters: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 386-391

  Flynn, Priscilla M ^a   Ridgeway, Jennifer L ^a   Wieland, Mark L ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a   Haas, Lindsey R ^a   Kremers, Walter K ^a   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; health care utilization; language barriers; mental health; outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878838528     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2159-5     Document Type: Article

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