In home healthcare, not speaking patients' native language negatively affect care outcomes

(New York University) The study examined language concordance visits -- duty calls where the provider spoke the same language as the patient or an interpreter accompanied the provider -- for registered nurses (RN) and physical therapists (PT) from home health care services in the New York City area. Korean speakers had the highest percentage of language-concordant visits, while Spanish speaking patients had the least.

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