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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Professional Interpreter Services and the Impact on Hospital Care Outcomes: An Integrative Review of Literature.

Michelle Kwan, Zakia Jeemi, Richard Norman, Jaya A R Dantas

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Michelle KwanCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia.
Zakia JeemiCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-0269-6017
Richard NormanCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3112-3893
Jaya A R DantasCurtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0625-4330

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migration patterns have rapidly changed in Australia and elsewhere, which have contributed to increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse societies. This requires healthcare sectors to provide professional interpreter services for patients with a language barrier to eliminate healthcare disparities. This integrative review aimed to investigate the impact of professional interpreter services on hospital care outcomes and the associated cost of service provision. A systematic search of five databases was conducted for peer-reviewed articles from January 1996 to December 2020. Data were extracted for the hospital setting, intervention, population, study design, outcomes and key findings. Following the PRISMA guidelines, full-text screening identified 37 articles that were analysed and included. Communication quality, hospital care outcomes and hospital costs were the three main themes identified. Closing the language gap should be a primary consideration to prevent adverse events that affect patient safety and the standard of care in hospitals. The findings of this review indicate the provision of professional interpreter services can enhance hospital care for linguistically diverse patients by improving patient-provider communication. To gain insight into the changing patterns on the outcomes of medical care, further research requires efforts by the hospital administrative system to document complete records of service usage.

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LanguageTranslatingCommunicationCommunication BarriersHospitalsHumansculturally and linguistically diverse patientshospital settingslanguage barriersprofessional interpreter services

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PMID36982073
PMCPMC10048935

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