RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Family Physicians Increasingly Deliver Care in Diverse Languages
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 5
OP 6
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210190
VO 35
IS 1
A1 Eden, Aimee R.
A1 Bazemore, Andrew
A1 Morgan, Zachary J.
A1 Jabbarpour, Yalda
YR 2022
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/35/1/5.abstract
AB The proportion of family physicians reporting provision of patient care in Spanish changed little between 2013 to 2020 but rose substantially for care delivered in other non-English languages. Physician–patient language concordance is associated with better clinical outcomes and higher patient satisfaction, serves as a proxy indicator for workforce diversity, and should be monitored and encouraged as the US population continues to diversify.