Hospital discharge preparedness for patients with limited English proficiency: A mixed methods study of bedside interpreter-phones

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 25-32

  Lee, Jonathan S ^a   Nápoles, Anna ^a   Mutha, Sunita ^a   Pérez Stable, Eliseo J ^b   Gregorich, Steven E ^a   Livaudais Toman, Jennifer ^a   Karliner, Leah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Health literacy; Language access; Limited English proficiency; Medical interpreters; Patient education; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH (LANGUAGE); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PREPAREDNESS; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNICATION BARRIER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HISPANIC; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 85026553256     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.07.026     Document Type: Article

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