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Characteristics of Cancer Hospitals with Written Language Access Policies.
- Source :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health; Apr2023, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p282-290, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Patients with limited English proficiency receive worse care due to communication barriers. Little is known about which cancer hospitals have written language access policies addressing bilingual clinicians. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of healthcare organizations, matching survey data to American Hospital Association Survey and American Community Survey data. We analyzed characteristics associated with hospitals having bilingual clinician policies. The response rate was 71% (127/178). Many hospitals (53 [42%]) did not have written policies on bilingual clinicians. Having bilingual clinicians available at the hospital was associated with having a written policy on bilingual clinicians, while being an NCORP site was associated with not having a written policy on bilingual clinicians. Patient demographic characteristics were not associated with hospitals having written policies on bilingual clinicians. A substantial proportion of cancer hospitals do not have policies that cover language use by bilingual clinicians, particularly at NCORP sites. Having written policies on bilingual clinicians has the potential to mitigate cancer disparities by facilitating accountability, improving communication, and reducing errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS
SPECIALTY hospitals
CONFIDENCE intervals
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
HEALTH facility administration
COMMUNICATION barriers
MULTILINGUALISM
CROSS-sectional method
LINGUISTICS
CULTURAL pluralism
MANN Whitney U Test
CANCER treatment
CANCER patients
ACCESS to information
DECISION making
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MANAGEMENT
WRITTEN communication
HEALTH equity
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
ONCOLOGY
MEDICAL research
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162258813
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-022-01399-5