Studies have shown that providing professional interpreting services in hospitals can decrease lengths of stay and reduce readmission rates of patients with limited English proficiency (LEP).
In a three-year study, published by the US National Library of Medicine, researchers concluded that:
- LEP patients who did not receive professional interpreting services had an increase in their length of stay of between 0.75 and 1.47 days:
Length of stay (days) vs Access to interpreting
- LEP patients who received interpreting services were less likely to be readmitted within 30 days than patients who didn’t receive any interpreting services:
30-day readmission rates vs Access to interpreter
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28 August 2019
Tags: Healthcare interpreting, Interpreting, LEP, limited English proficiency, US National Library of Medicine
