Language barriers and understanding of hospital discharge instructions.

Leah S. Karliner; Andrew D. Auerbach; Anna Nápoles; Dean Schillinger; Dana Nickleach; Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

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Language barriers and understanding of hospital discharge instructions.

May 16, 2012

Karliner LS, Auerbach AD, Nápoles A, et al. Med Care. 2012;50(4):283-9.

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Although patients with limited English proficiency had worse understanding of their hospital discharge instructions compared with patients fluent in English, comprehension of discharge instructions was poor among all patients regardless of language ability.

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