Changes in language services use by US pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  DeCamp, Lisa Ross ^a   Kuo, Dennis Z ^b   Flores, Glenn ^c   O'Connor, Karen ^d   Minkovitz, Cynthia S ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hispanic health care; Interpreters; Language barriers; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH DISPARITIES; HISPANIC HEALTH CARE; INTERPRETERS; LANGUAGE BARRIERS; PATIENT SAFETY;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84882283565     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-2909     Document Type: Article

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