Patient Perspectives on the Need for and Barriers to Professional Medical Interpretation

Abstract results

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• LEP patients face significant challenges when accessing health care services due to inadequate or insufficient access to professional interpreters.

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• Predominant themes include: lack of interpreter availability, fear of disclosing limited English skills, and language discordant providers overestimating LEP patients' understanding of English.

  suggested · 21% A central theme was that language-discordant providers overestimate LEP patients' understanding of English, while patients sometim

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• Many participants felt they had received poorer quality care.

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• LEP patients face multiple barriers to accessing adequate interpretation leading to a perceived worsening in the quality of care.

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• In order to improve health outcomes for LEP patients, routine provision of adequate interpretation is essential.

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