Convenient Access to Professional Interpreters in the Hospital Decreases Readmission Rates and Estimated Hospital Expenditures for Patients with Limited English Proficiency

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 199-206

  Karliner, Leah S ^a   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; disparities; health care costs; health care delivery; interventions; language access; quality of care; quasiexperimental design; readmissions; underserved populations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RUSSIAN (LANGUAGE); SPANISH (LANGUAGE); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84984684822     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000643     Document Type: Article

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