Emergency department and inpatient health care utilization among patients who require interpreter services Utilization, expenditure, economics and financing systems

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Njeru, Jane W ^a   St Sauver, Jennifer L ^a   Jacobson, Debra J ^a   Ebbert, Jon O ^a   Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Fan, Chun ^a   Wieland, Mark L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Health services research; Limited English proficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930205123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0874-4     Document Type: Article

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