Impact of Physician-Patient Language Concordance on Patient Outcomes and Adherence to Clinical Chest Pain Recommendations.

Danielle E AltmanBenjamin C SunBryan LinAileen BaeckerMargaret E Samuels-KalowStacy ParkErnest ShenYi-Lin WuAdam L Sharp

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

No associations were found between patient-physician language concordance and outcomes or physician adherence to clinical recommendations for ED patients with chest pain. Accessible and effective interpretation services, combined with a decision support tool with standard clinical recommendations, may have contributed to equitable care.

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