Impact of Language Barriers on Stroke Care and Outcomes | Zendy

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Impact of Language Barriers on Stroke Care and Outcomes

Author(s) -

Baiju R. Shah,

Nadia Khan,

Martin O’Donnell,

Moira K. Kapral

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.007929

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , emergency medicine , cohort , confounding , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , language barrier , acute care , ethnic group , health care , intensive care medicine , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , anthropology , engineering , economics , economic growth

Language barriers may lead to poor quality of care, particularly for conditions like acute stroke for which diagnosis and treatment decision making rely on taking an accurate patient history. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of patient language barriers on quality of stroke care and clinical outcomes.

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