Potential for patient-physician language discordance in Ontario
Open Access
- 28 December 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 13 (1) , 535
Abstract
Patient-Physician language discordance occurs when the patient and physician lack proficiency in the same language(s). Previous literature suggests language discordant clinical encounters compromise patient quality of care and health outcomes. The objective of this study was to quantify and visualize the linguistic and spatial mismatch between Ontario's population not proficient in English or French but proficient in one of the top five non-official languages and the physicians who are proficient in the same non-official language.Keywords
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