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Telephone triage utilization among patients with limited English proficiency
- Source :
- BMC Health Services Research, BMC Health Services Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background Communication between patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) and telephone triage services has not been previously explored. The purpose of this study was to determine the utilization characteristics of a primary care triage call center by patients with LEP. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of the utilization of a computer-aided, nurse-led telephone triage system by English proficiency status of patients empaneled to a large primary care practice network in the Midwest United States. Interpreter Services (IS) need was used as a proxy for LEP. Results Call volumes between the 587 adult patients with LEP and an age-frequency matched cohort of English-Proficient (EP) patients were similar. Calls from patients with LEP were longer and more often made by a surrogate. Patients with LEP received recommendations for higher acuity care more frequently (49.4% versus 39.0%; P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Immigrants and refugees
Adolescent
education
Emigrants and Immigrants
Health administration
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Telephone triage
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Interpreter services
health care economics and organizations
Limited English proficiency
Aged
Language
Retrospective Studies
Refugees
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
Nursing research
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Communication Barriers
Retrospective cohort study
lcsh:RA1-1270
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
Triage
Confidence interval
United States
Telephone
Emergency medicine
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Comprehension
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726963
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Health Services Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b6d217a348cc1aabf1ead18cdab4d322