Public health reports
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Public health reports · Mar 2007
Low income parents' reports of communication problems with health care providers: effects of language and insurance.
This study examines how parental reports of communication problems with health providers vary over a wider range of characteristics of low income children than considered in previous studies. ⋯ Implementing policies to improve communication barriers for low income children, particularly those with foreign-born parents whose native language is not English, may be necessary to reduce health disparities relative to higher income children across a variety of health domains including utilization, satisfaction, and outcomes. Focusing attention on the availability of professional translation services in clinics or hospital outpatient departments may be a cost-effective strategy for reducing communication problems for publicly insured children.