Spanish-Speaking Immigrants’ Access to Safety Net Providers and Translation Services Across Traditional and Emerging US Destinations

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 768-799

  Nathenson, Robert A ^a   Saloner, Brendan ^b   Richards, Michael R ^c   Rhodes, Karin V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

access to health care; immigration; Latino; limited English proficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPRETER SERVICE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPANISH (LANGUAGE); TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIGRANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006474780     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12231     Document Type: Article

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