Association of limited English proficiency and increased pediatric emergency department revisits.

Elyse N PortilloAnne M StackMichael C MonuteauxAlexa CurtCatherine PerronLois Kaye Lee

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)

These results suggest that LEP was associated with increased pediatric ED revisits. Improved understanding of language barrier effects on clinical care is important for decreasing health care disparities in the ED.

Keyphrases

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