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

BACKGROUND: Twenty-five million people in the U.S. have limited English proficiency (LEP); this growing and aging population experiences worse outcomes when hospitalized. Federal requirements that hospitals provide language access services are very challenging to implement in the fast-paced, 24-hour...

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Publicado en:Med Care
Autores principales: Karliner, Leah S., Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J., Gregorich, Steven E.
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309198/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27579909
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000643
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